tuuliviiri — meaning in English
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English meaning
- butterfly noun An insect with large, often brightly patterned wings, known for its delicate flight.
Senses
tuuliviiri is used for these senses in English:
- butterfly (now, rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable. [from 17th c.]
- weather vane A mechanical device rotating around one axis and attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.
- weathercock A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
- weathercock (figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
butterfly — full definition
- noun An insect with large, often brightly patterned wings, known for its delicate flight.
- verb To slice food almost all the way through and open it flat like a book.
- noun A swimming stroke in which both arms move together in a circular motion while the legs kick in a dolphin-like motion.