flying
f lahy ing
- n an instance of traveling by air
flying was still an exciting adventure for him - 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
Rumors and accusations are flying - v change quickly from one emotional state to another
- v pass away rapidly
- v travel in an airplane
she is flying to Cincinnati tonight
Are we driving or flying? - 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
- s moving swiftly
fast-flying planes
played the difficult passage with flying fingers - s hurried and brief
paid a flying visit
took a flying glance at the book
- The annual Flying Day competition from Red Bull challenges people to create human-powered flying machines and launch them from a three-story deck with the hope of achieving flight.
- Or is it fear of more flying? I promise to get off this topic after today, but in anticipation of a return flight tomorrow that will take off in bad weather, I found myself .