Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having butterflies in one's stomach

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing but-ter-flies in one's s-tom-ach
IPA
49
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
6
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have butterflies in one's stomach

Questions

What does having butterflies in one's stomach mean?
present participle and gerund of have butterflies in one's stomach

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