ENGLISH: butterfly - CREOLE: papiyon



Overview of noun butterfly



The noun butterfly has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. butterfly -- (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)

2. 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)



Overview of verb butterfly



The verb butterfly has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. butterfly -- (flutter like a butterfly)

2. butterfly -- (cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp")

3. 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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