butterflies

English

collection of butterflies

Noun

butterflies

1. plural of butterfly

Noun

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

Derived terms

• butterflies in one's stomach

Verb

butterflies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of butterfly

Anagrams

• filter tubes, flutterbies