flying |
being able to fly or seeming to fly. [6 definitions] |
flying boat |
a large floating seaplane with a hull-shaped body. |
flying bridge |
a small, often open platform over the pilothouse or bridge of a ship, that is equipped with a duplicate set of controls. |
flying buttress |
a segmental arch that transmits outward and downward pressure from the upper side wall of a building to a solid buttress on the ground. |
flying colors |
outstanding success; excellent fashion; triumph. |
flying field |
an airfield for small planes. |
flying fish |
any of several related marine fishes with stiff, enlarged pectoral or pelvic fins that enable them to glide in the air after leaping from the water. |
flying fox |
any of various fruit-eating bats found in tropical regions of Australia, Africa, and Asia, whose head resembles that of a fox. |
flying frog |
any of several tree frogs of southeastern Asia having an expanse of webbing between the toes that allows them to make long gliding leaps. |
flying gunnard |
any of several mostly tropical marine fishes with colorful winglike pectoral fins that enable them to glide above the water for short distances. |
flying jib |
a small, light, triangular sail mounted out beyond the jib, usu. on an extension of the jib boom. |
flying saucer |
any of various bright disk-shaped objects occasionally seen hovering or flying at high altitudes, often presumed to be spacecraft from another world; UFO. |
flying squirrel |
a squirrel with winglike membranes connecting the forelegs to the hind legs, that enable it to make long gliding leaps through the air. |
flying start |
a quick start or beginning, as in a race, project, or the like. [2 definitions] |
fly in the face of |
to defy (authority, convention, or the like). |
flyleaf |
the blank sheet or leaf in the front or back of a book. |
fly off the handle |
to become suddenly enraged. |
flypaper |
paper with a sticky, sometimes poisonous coating, often hung in narrow strips from the ceiling, to catch and kill flies. |
flyspeck |
a small spot or speck made by a fly's excrement. [3 definitions] |
fly swatter |
a device for killing insects, particularly flies, consisting of a flat rectangular mesh attached to a long handle. |
fly the coop |
(informal) to escape from or as if from confinement. |