butterfly

butterfly is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.
2. noun. a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
3. noun. diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
4. 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: coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance

5. verb. cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

   "butterflied shrimp"

6. verb. flutter like a butterfly

Synonyms

coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance

Common word forms

butterflied, butterflies, butterflyer, butterflying

Words from these letters

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