fly

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Meaning

1. Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
2. Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
3. Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
4. A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
5. A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
6. The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
7. (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
8. (obsolete) A parasite.
9. A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
10. A butterfly (combination of four options).

fly-loft

house fly

house-fly

fell

wasp

rainfly

tent-fly

tent flap

fly away

cause to fly

fly front

travel by air

spring away

trenchant

Brachycera

float up

fly about

fly up

fulgurating

go straight on

pawky

send up

swoop down

take to flight

take wing

flee away

win one’s heart

trouser zipper

move suddenly

ledger-bait

jump away

leap away

soar into the air

elaspe

pelt along

squeak by

squeak through

balance wheel

pass through the air

be routed

cannonball along

thrust ahead

travel rapidly

musca domestica

be sent flying

go flying

travel on a cloud

flap the wings

green ant

native bee

blue-bottle fly

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flaɪ/

table From Middle English flye, flie, from Old English flȳġe, flēoge (“a fly”), from Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ (“a fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”). Cognate with Scots flee, Saterland Frisian Fljooge, Dutch vlieg, German Low German Fleeg, German Fliege, Danish flue, Norwegian Bokmål flue, Norwegian Nynorsk fluge, Swedish fluga, Icelandic fluga.