Flinder
//flɪndə// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
"“It’s to swear to stand by one another, and never tell the gang’s secrets, even if you’re chopped all to flinders, and kill anybody and all his family that hurts one of the gang.”"
- 2 A butterfly or moth. dialectal, obsolete
Verb
- 1 To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner intransitive
Example
More examples"“It’s to swear to stand by one another, and never tell the gang’s secrets, even if you’re chopped all to flinders, and kill anybody and all his family that hurts one of the gang.”"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English flendris, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Norwegian flindra, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English flindre. Compare Dutch vlinder.
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