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Noun: butterfly 'bútur`flI- Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colourful wings
- A swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
- butterfly stroke
Verb: butterfly 'bútur`flI- Flutter like a butterfly
- Cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
"butterflied shrimp" - Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- chat up, flirt, dally, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash, flirter
Derived forms: butterflies, butterflied, butterflying Type of: dart, fleet, flit, flutter, lepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect, open, speak, spread, spread out, swimming stroke, talk, unfold Encyclopedia: Butterfly |