English Explanatory Dictionary

float like a butterfly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To move effortlessly and in an agile fashion.

Pronunciation

En-au-float like a butterfly.ogg

Word forms

float like a butterfly floats like a butterfly floating like a butterfly floated like a butterfly

Etymology

Coined by US boxer Muhammad Ali.

Related words

sting like a bee

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