/ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
OriginFrom fly + -er (agent noun suffix).
With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- datedAn airplane pilot.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- A leap or jump.
- A risky investment or other venture.
“It was a great day for the pair of Fosters. They were speechless for joy. Also speechless for another reason: after much watching of the market, Aleck had lately, with fear and trembling, made her fir”
- informalA fast-moving person or thing.
“An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to M”
“The new Waterloo–Exeter times of the S.R. flyer are 2hr 58min down and 1min more up, in less than 3hr, that is to say, in both directions, with the help of four runs timed at over a mile a minute.”
- A false start
- Synonym of flying cymbal.
- intransitiveTo distribute flyers (leaflets).
“Neil McKinnon, the Fringe's head of external affairs, asks: Are you flyering in the right place at the right time? How are you flyering? Good flyering is about more than standing there handing out fly”
- transitiveTo distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).
- comparative, form-ofcomparative form of fly: more fly
Formsflyers(plural) · flier(alternative) · flyers(present, singular, third-person) · flyering(participle, present) · flyered(participle, past) · flyered(past)