butterflies

English
collection of butterflies

Noun

butterflies

  1. plural of butterfly

Noun

butterflies pl (plural only)

  1. (by ellipsis) butterflies in one's stomach
    • 2005, Andrew Porter, Suicide Squad: The Inside Story of a Football Firm
      I was apprehensive, feeling butterflies, pissed, the sun cracking the flags.
    • 2013, Hayley Williams; Taylor York (lyrics and music), “Still Into You”, in Paramore, performed by Paramore:
      I should be over all the butterflies / But I'm into you

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Verb

butterflies

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of butterfly

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