butterflies

Meaning of butterflies

noun

(by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach

noun
  1. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
  2. A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
    butterfly tape
  3. The butterfly stroke.
  4. (in plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
    I get terrible butterflies before an exam.
  5. Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
verb
  1. To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
    Butterfly the chicken before you grill it.
  2. To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.

Information about butterflies

  • The singular form of butterflies is: butterfly.
  • Languages ​​in which butterflies is used:

    (Press the button to hear it)

Hyphenation of butterflies

but-ter-flies

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • butterflies is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

butterflies synonyms

Meaning :

lep

Words that rhyme with butterflies

lies, acrocephalies, acromegalies, alkalies, anencephalies, anomalies, antalkalies, apetalies, autocephalies, bialies, brachycephalies, deuteranomalies, dolichocephalies, goalies, hepatomegalies, hydrocephalies, logodaedalies, macrocephalies, mealies, megacephalies, megalocephalies, mesaticephalies, mesocephalies, microcephalies, oxycephalies, plagiocephalies, protanomalies, rectipetalies, scaphocephalies, splenomegalies, sympetalies, walies, Assemblies, Wobblies, assemblies, bubblies, chimblies, crumblies, disassemblies, dissemblies, incomprehensiblies, reassemblies, speakablies, subassemblies, wobblies, clies, dicyclies, diddlies, fiddlies, friendlies

Are you looking more rhymes for butterflies? Try our rhymes search engine.