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BUTTERFLY

Definition:

1. [noun] diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
   
   
2. [noun] a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
   Synonyms: stroke
   
   
3. [verb] flutter like a butterfly
   
   
4. [verb] cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"
   
   
5. [verb] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
   Synonyms: chat up, flirt, dally, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
   
   

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Related Words:

• wanton
• vamp
• nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
• ringlet, ringlet butterfly
• danaid, danaid butterfly
• pierid, pierid butterfly
• sulphur butterfly, sulfur butterfly
• lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly

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