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1. (n.) butterfly
any of numerous flying insects of the order Lepidoptera that are active by day, characterized by clubbed antennae, a slender body, and broad, often conspicuously marked wings.
2. butterfly
a person who flits aimlessly from one interest or group to another:
a social butterfly.
3. butterfly
butterflies, (used with a pl. v.) Informal. a queasy feeling, as from nervousness or excitement.
4. butterfly
a racing breaststroke in which the swimmer brings both arms out of the water in forward, circular motions and kicks the legs up and down together.
5. (v.t.) butterfly
to slit open and flatten (food) to resemble the spread wings of a butterfly:
butterflied shrimp.
Etymology: (1930–35)
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| Definition of 'butterfly' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) butterfly
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
2. (verb) butterfly, butterfly stroke
a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
3. (verb) butterfly
flutter like a butterfly
4. (verb) butterfly
cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
"butterflied shrimp"
5. (verb) chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
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1. (noun) butterfly
an insect with colorful, patterned wings
a monarch butterfly
2. butterfly
a style of swimming on your front with both arms moving together over your head
She swims butterfly.
3. butterfly
have butterflies in your stomach
to be nervous or excited
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| Definition of 'butterfly' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) butterfly
a general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera
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Sense: a type of insect with large (often coloured) wings.
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 Afrikaans: skoenlapper |
 Arabic: فَراشَه |
 Bulgarian: пеперуда |
 Brazilian: borboleta |
 Czech: motýl |
 German: der Schmetterling |
 Danish: sommerfugl |
 Greek: πεταλούδα |
 Spanish: mariposa |
 Estonian: liblikas |
 Farsi: پروانه |
 Finnish: perhonen |
 French: papillon |
 Hebrew: פַּרפַּר |
 Hindi: तितली |
 Croatian: leptir |
 Hungarian: lepke |
 Indonesian: kupu-kupu |
 Icelandic: fiðrildi |
 Italian: farfalla |
 Japanese: 蝶 |
 Korean: 나비 |
 Lithuanian: drugelis |
 Latvian: tauriņš |
 Malay: rama-rama |
 Dutch: vlinder |
 Norwegian: sommerfugl |
 Polish: motyl |
 Persian: پروانه |
 Pashto: پتنګ |
 Portuguese: borboleta |
 Romanian: fluture |
 Russian: бабочка |
 Slovak: motýľ |
 Slovenian: metulj |
 Serbian: leptir |
 Swedish: fjäril |
 Thai: ผีเสื้อ |
 Turkish: kelebek |
 Taiwanese: 蝴蝶 |
 Ukrainian: метелик |
 Urdu: تتلی |
 Vietnamese: con bướm |
 Chinese: 蝴蝶 |
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