NOUN
  • Definition - A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
  • Definition - A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
  • Example - butterfly tape
  • Definition - The butterfly stroke.
  • Example - butterfly tape
  • Definition - (in plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
  • Example - I get terrible butterflies before an exam.
  • Definition - Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
  • Example - I get terrible butterflies before an exam.
VERB
  • Definition - To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
  • Example - Butterfly the chicken before you grill it.
  • Definition - To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
  • Example - Butterfly the chicken before you grill it.
Words in your word
9 Letter Words
butterfly 17
8 Letter Words
fluttery 14
7 Letter Words
brutely 12 butlery 12 buttery 12 flutter 10 utterly 10
6 Letter Words
belfry 14 fleury 12 flutey 12 fretty 12 burley 11 trebly 11 fluter 9 tetryl 9 tufter 9 butler 8 butter 8 buttle 8 turtle 6
5 Letter Words
felty 11 ferly 11 fluty 11 fluyt 11 flyer 11 flyte 11 fytte 11 lefty 11 refly 11 treyf 11 tufty 11 turfy 11 beryl 10 bluey 10 burly 10 butty 10 butyl 10 buyer 10 rebuy 10 flute 8 rutty 8 truly 8 tuyer 8 bluer 7 bluet 7 blurt 7 brute 7 buret 7 butle 7 butte 7 rebut 7 rubel 7 ruble 7 tuber 7 utter 5
4 Letter Words
fley 10 fury 10 bury 9 byre 9 byrl 9 byte 9 flub 9 ruby 9 felt 7 flue 7 fret 7 fuel 7 furl 7 left 7 lyre 7 reft 7 rely 7 ruly 7 tref 7 trey 7 tuft 7 turf 7 tyer 7 tyre 7 yett 7 yule 7 yurt 7 belt 6 blet 6 blue 6 blur 6 brut 6 burl 6 bute 6 butt 6 lube 6 rube 6 tube 6 lure 4 lute 4 rule 4 tret 4 true 4 tule 4
3 Letter Words
fey 9 fly 9 fry 9 bey 8 buy 8 bye 8 fub 8 eft 6 elf 6 fer 6 fet 6 feu 6 flu 6 fur 6 ley 6 lye 6 ref 6 rye 6 ryu 6 try 6 tye 6 yer 6 yet 6 bel 5 bet 5 bur 5 but 5 reb 5 rub 5 tub 5 urb 5 let 3 leu 3 ret 3 rue 3 rut 3 tel 3 tet 3 tut 3 ute 3
2 Letter Words
by 7 ef 5 fe 5 ye 5 be 4 el 2 er 2 et 2 re 2 te 2 ut 2
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