| fly-by-night |
irresponsible or unreliable, esp. in business dealings. [4 definitions] |
| fly-cast |
to fish by casting an artificial fly, attached to a light leader, which is in turn attached to a heavy line, with a lightweight, flexible rod. |
| fly casting |
the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting a heavy line, from a lightweight flexible rod, to which an artificial fly has been attached by means of a light leader. |
| flycatcher |
any of various related European or American birds that feed on insects caught in the air. |
| flyer |
variant of flier. |
| fly-fishing |
a method of fishing that involves casting with a rod and and using an artifical fly as bait. |
| 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). |