tuuliviiri — meaning in English

English meaning

• butterfly noun An insect with large, often brightly patterned wings, known for its delicate flight.
• weathercock noun A weathercock is a weather vane, often shaped like a cockerel, that turns to show the direction of the wind.

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

1. noun An insect with large, often brightly patterned wings, known for its delicate flight.
2. verb To slice food almost all the way through and open it flat like a book.
3. noun A swimming stroke in which both arms move together in a circular motion while the legs kick in a dolphin-like motion.

weathercock — full definition

1. noun A weathercock is a weather vane, often shaped like a cockerel, that turns to show the direction of the wind.
2. noun A weathercock is also someone who keeps changing their opinion to match whatever is currently popular.

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