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butterfly kiss

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Fluttering one's eyelashes against someone's skin.
  2. A very light kiss.

Equivalents

Françaisbaiser papillon

Examples

“She worked her eyelashes and made butterfly kisses on my cheeks.”
“One of these was the butterfly kiss, given by fluttering the eyelashes against the skin of the recipient.”
“Alexandros kisses her goodbye, a butterfly kiss on the lips, Aloé kisses her the same way. Beautiful child, Ethel thinks. Goodbye, Alexandros.”
“Then he felt a butterfly kiss settle⟳ upon his cheek.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

butterfly knife butterfly knot butterfly lily butterfly milkweed butterfly mine butterfly needle

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