Dictionary
flying
Meaning
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- That flies or can fly.
- Brief or hurried.
- Capable of speed
- Not secured by yards.
- Capable of foiling.
- Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.
Hyphenated as
fly‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/
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fly
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- Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- (obsolete) A witch's familiar.
- (obsolete) A parasite.
- A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- A butterfly (combination of four options).
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