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flick-knife
  • n  a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
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flick knife
  • n  a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
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flicker
  • n  a momentary flash of light
  • n  North American woodpecker
  • n  the act of moving back and forth
  • v  move back and forth very rapidly
    the candle flickered
  • v  shine unsteadily
    The candle flickered
  • v  flash intermittently
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flickertail
  • n  of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada
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flier
  • n  someone who travels by air
  • n  someone who operates an aircraft
  • n  an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
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flies
  • n  (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
  • n  two-winged insects characterized by active flight
  • n  flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
  • n  an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
  • n  (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
  • n  fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
  • v  travel through the air; be airborne
  • v  move quickly or suddenly
  • v  operate an airplane
  • v  transport by aeroplane
  • v  cause to fly or float
  • v  be dispersed or disseminated
  • v  change quickly from one emotional state to another
  • v  pass away rapidly
    Time flies like an arrow
  • v  travel in an airplane
  • v  display in the air or cause to float
  • v  run away quickly
  • v  travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
  • v  hit a fly
  • v  decrease rapidly and disappear
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flight
  • n  a formation of aircraft in flight
  • n  an instance of traveling by air
  • n  a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
  • n  the act of escaping physically
    his flight was an indication of his guilt
  • n  an air force unit smaller than a squadron
  • n  passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
    a flight of fancy
    flights of rhetoric
    flights of imagination
  • n  the path followed by an object moving through space
  • n  a flock of flying birds
  • n  a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
    I took the noon flight to Chicago
  • v  shoot a bird in flight
  • v  fly in a flock
    flighting wild geese
  • v  decorate with feathers
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