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have butterflies in one's stomach

have butterflies in one's stomach verb: to experience a certain “fluttery” physical sensation in one's stomach, associated with nervousness, uncertainty, anxiety, apprehension, or excitement.

Verb

have butterflies in one's stomach (third-person singular simple present has butterflies in one's stomach, present participle having butterflies in one's stomach, simple past and past participle had butterflies in one's stomach)

  1. (intransitive) To experience a certain “fluttery” physical sensation in one's stomach, associated with nervousness, uncertainty, anxiety, apprehension, or excitement.
    • Kevin had butterflies in his stomach every time he saw Chrissy.

have butterflies in one's stomach meaning in Tagalog

have butterflies in one's stomach in Tagalog

Translations
kilig

Forms of have butterflies in one's stomach

third-person singular presenthas butterflies in one's stomach
present participlehaving butterflies in one's stomach
past participlehad butterflies in one's stomach
pasthad butterflies in one's stomach

Questions about have butterflies in one's stomach

What does have butterflies in one's stomach mean?
Have butterflies in one's stomach means to experience a certain “fluttery” physical sensation in one's stomach, associated with nervousness, uncertainty, anxiety, apprehension, or excitement.
What is have butterflies in one's stomach in Tagalog?
Have butterflies in one's stomach in Tagalog is kilig. See Have butterflies in one's stomach meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is have butterflies in one's stomach?
Have butterflies in one's stomach is a verb.
What is the past tense of have butterflies in one's stomach?
The past tense of have butterflies in one's stomach is had butterflies in one's stomach.

Words near have butterflies in one's stomach in the dictionary

  1. have been around
  2. have been around the block
  3. have been in the wars
  4. have been to an Irish wedding
  5. have blood on one's hands
  6. have butterflies in one's stomach
  7. have designs on
  8. have done
  9. have done with
  10. have down
  11. have down as

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