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  • verb Present participle of butterfly.

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Examples

  • Also known as butterflying, it's an age-old term that pertains to any fowl.

    NYT > Home Page By MELISSA CLARK 2011

  • I'm now pestered to go out "butterflying" after tea (which turns into a general mess about in our local nature area).

    Is it OK to use a butterfly net? 2010

  • I think I will have to try "butterflying" sometime since I am very impatient with my food.

    I brined a pork tenderloin, and I liked it. Sara 2008

  • Churchill's lifelong secret passion for butterflies began as a young boy when he went 'butterflying' in the fields near to his school in Sussex, "he said.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • The debacle appears to have dispirited even Churchill, whose interest in butterflies began at the age of six, when he wrote to his mother, Lady Jennie Churchill: "I am never at a loss to do anything while I am in the country for I shall be occupied with 'butterflying' all day

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • But the occasions when I went butterflying with Dad, once again, were the most enjoyable.

    Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010

  • Dad and I did not go butterflying together in earnest for nearly a decade after I went to university and was sucked into a busy world of work.

    Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010

  • We have been with the social butterflying for the last couple of days.

    Calloo callay, a lovely day editormum 2008

  • Using a sharp knife, cut the meat lengthwise, butterflying the meat but do not cut it all the way through.

    Herb Stuffed Pork Loin Jennifer 2009

  • The same idea can be applied to any trimsay you had chunks of lamb left over from butterflying a leg, or scraps from trimming and cleaning a beef tenderloin.

    Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009

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