FOETAL MOVEMENT Synonyms

• the motion made by flapping up and down

• an abrupt spasmodic movement

• lacking a steady rhythm

• a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics

• the act of delivering a blow with the foot

• walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet

• the act of mixing cards haphazardly

• agitating a liquid with an implement

• arousing to a particular emotion or action

• capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement

• exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions

• a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

• make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion

• move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions

• toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• move or pull with a sudden motion

• a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

• the act of moving back and forth

• abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• the motion made by flapping up and down

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

• move back and forth very rapidly

• flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements

• beat rapidly

• wink briefly

• the act of delivering a blow with the foot

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

• informal terms for objecting

• the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)

• a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics

• drive or propel with the foot

• thrash about or strike out with the feet

• strike with the foot

• kick a leg up

• spring back, as from a forceful thrust

• stop consuming

• make a goal

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• a change of position that does not entail a change of location

• the act of changing location from one place to another

• a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

• a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

• a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

• a euphemism for defecation

• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

• the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

• the act of changing the location of something

• the act of wiggling

• move to and fro

• motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)