Definitions For Butterfly

noun

  • A swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
  • Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
  • A kind of insect that has a long thin body and brightly colored wings and that flies mostly during the day
  • A person who goes to many parties and other social events
  • A way of swimming in which the swimmer's face is in the water and the arms move together in a circular motion while the legs kick up and down ; also : a race in which the swimmers do the butterfly

verb

  • Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  • Cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
  • Flutter like a butterfly
  • To cut (food) into two pieces that are joined along one edge so that it can be spread apart for cooking

Is Butterfly a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
19

The word Butterfly is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Butterfly in a Sentence

  • They competed in the butterfly.
  • Butterfly the chicken before roasting.

Synonyms for Butterfly

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