Butterfly | Mean of butterfly in English Dictionary
/ˈbʌtɚˌflaɪ/
- Noun
- a kind of insect that has a long thin body and brightly colored wings and that flies mostly during the day
- a person who goes to many parties and other social events
- a social butterfly
- a way of swimming in which the swimmer's face is in the water and the arms move together in a circular motion while the legs kick up and down
- swimmers doing the butterfly
- a race in which the swimmers do the butterfly
- They competed in the butterfly.
- a nervous feeling in your stomach
- Even experienced musicians sometimes get butterflies before a performance.
- I have butterflies in my stomach.
- Verb
- to cut (food) into two pieces that are joined along one edge so that it can be spread apart for cooking
- Butterfly the chicken before roasting.
- butterflied shrimp
