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Quick definitions from WordNet (flying)
▸ noun: an instance of traveling by air ("Flying was still an exciting adventure for him")
▸ adjective: done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line ("A flying start")
▸ adjective: hurried and brief ("Paid a flying visit")
▸ adjective: of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation ("A flying time of three hours between cities")
▸ adjective: designed for swift movement or action ("A flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city")
▸ adjective: capable of or engaged in flight ("The bat is a flying animal")
▸ adjective: moving swiftly ("Fast-flying planes")
▸ adjective: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air ("Flying banners")
▸ Also see flys
▸ Words similar to flying
▸ Usage examples for flying
▸ Idioms related to flying (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing flying
▸ Popular nouns described by flying
▸ Words that often appear near flying
▸ Rhymes of flying
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▸ noun: an instance of traveling by air ("Flying was still an exciting adventure for him")
▸ adjective: done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line ("A flying start")
▸ adjective: hurried and brief ("Paid a flying visit")
▸ adjective: of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation ("A flying time of three hours between cities")
▸ adjective: designed for swift movement or action ("A flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city")
▸ adjective: capable of or engaged in flight ("The bat is a flying animal")
▸ adjective: moving swiftly ("Fast-flying planes")
▸ adjective: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air ("Flying banners")
▸ Also see flys
▸ Words similar to flying
▸ Usage examples for flying
▸ Idioms related to flying (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing flying
▸ Popular nouns described by flying
▸ Words that often appear near flying
▸ Rhymes of flying
▸ Invented words related to flying