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Flying; moving freely through the air; blown by the wind.
n
(usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
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The period of freefall after jumping.
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(India) To travel hastily by aircraft; to fly.
adj
(poetic) Flying in an aircraft.
adj
(obsolete) Flying high.
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(intransitive) To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow).
adv
(UK, Ireland, idiomatic) In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
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On the wing; flying; fluttering.
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(intransitive, usually with of) To exit an aircraft while in flight.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To fly about; fly from; shun; escape.
n
(aviation, slang) A dumpsite for obsolete or unusable aircraft.
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(of an aircraft) To separate from the ground on takeoff; to become airborne.
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(military, aviation, historical) The use of a lit aeroplane to draw enemy fire so that the enemy can be destroyed by another aeroplane whose lights are off.
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(aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To slowly but continuously climb during cruise flight as the aircraft's weight decreases due to fuel burnoff (done because flight at higher altitudes is more efficient but requires a lighter aircraft).
v
(intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
adj
(of a moth) Flying by day; diurnal.
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(military, aviation) To change the flight path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of an accidental collision or conflict with other obstacles, the terrain or weather
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(aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
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(ornithology) A flight where the bird's altitude does not change significantly with each wingbeat.
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(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water.
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Alternative form of dive bomber [(aviation, historical) A bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.]
n
An aeroplane nose which tends to lower or which can be lowered.
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(obsolete) A flying out or up.
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(transitive, intransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
n
(aviation) A runway (or simple field) that is illuminated at night, or during fog, to enable aircraft to land or take off safely.
adj
(literary) Swift in motion; light and quick in going from place to place.
v
Obsolete spelling of fly [(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.]
n
An arrangement between two countries, states, or other administrative regions, that allows free air travel of residents between them while otherwise keeping their borders closed to travellers from outside the bubble.
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The highest altitude at which an aircraft may fly due to physical factors, such as low air density.
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Synonym of airplane mode
n
(idiomatic) An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.
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A trajectory, the traveled path of a projectile, rocket or aircraft through the air.
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(UK, Scotland, dialect, dated) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot; about a fifth of a mile.
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The ability, skill, or art of flying.
adj
(archaic) Able to fly.
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Alternative spelling of flight path [A trajectory, the traveled path of a projectile, rocket or aircraft through the air.]
adj
Marked by flight or fleeing; apt or prone to flee or take off; (by extension) not dependable; irresponsible; flaky
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
adj
(of a bird) That flies easily or often.
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(aviation) To remain airborne, without touching down, for an excessive length of time during landing, due to excessive airspeed during the landing flare.
v
(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
v
To be assigned, as a member of a flying organization (air force, air line, etc.) to office duty, usually said of a person who is, or has previously been, qualified to fly an aircraft.
v
(simile, sometimes sarcastic) to travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic lift
v
(idiomatic) to fly under the radar; to act in a discreet or sneaky fashion
v
(transitive) To have someone travel rapidly to a destination on an airplane
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Alternative form of fly swatter
v
(idiomatic) To support one's country enthusiastically.
v
(informal) To behave in an unconventional or unrestrained manner; to exhibit the uninhibited side of one's personality.
v
(obsolete, of time) To pass slowly.
v
(informal, humorous, mostly used in continuous tenses) To inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone.
adj
(US, informal) Very smart, beautiful, or well-dressed.
adj
Alternative form of flyaway [Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free.]
n
Alternative form of flyby [A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.]
n
Alternative form of flyover [(US) A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British).]
n
Alternative form of flypast [(Britain) A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)]
v
To sell goods on the street without a vendor's licence, usually from a small suitcase, wooden crate, etc., ready to depart hurriedly if the authorities arrive.
n
Alternative form of flythrough [A visual sequence in a film etc. in which the camera appears to pass over a landscape at high speed.]
n
Alternative form of flyunder [A road or rail underpass.]
adj
(of a route or distance) Passable by flight.
n
(computer graphics) The animated passage of the camera around a model, to show it from different angles.
n
(figuratively) A brief visit.
n
(informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
n
Pronunciation spelling of flying. [(countable, aviation) An act of flight.]
n
(archaic, military) A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm.
n
(informal, chiefly humorous) A fictional character who has superstrength, invulnerability and the ability to fly.
n
(fairy tales) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel.
n
(countable) Synonym of frisbee (an object)
n
A shot fired at a moving object, such as a bird on the wing.
n
(idiomatic) A very short visit.
adv
So as to fly; with light rapid movement.
n
(Britain) A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
n
A visual sequence in a film etc. in which the camera appears to pass over a landscape at high speed.
adj
Capable of flight; airworthy
n
(common usage) The state of falling with no interference from outside forces other than the air resistance (no open parachute, etc.)
n
(medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient who frequents a health facility, with minor or malingering-type presentations.
n
Alternative form of phugoid [(aviation) An aircraft motion where the vehicle pitches up and climbs, decreasing speed, and then pitches down and descends, increasing speed.]
v
(intransitive) To fly unpowered, as of an aircraft. Also relates to gliding birds and flying fish.
v
(aviation, slang) To gain altitude.
v
Alternative spelling of hang-glide [(intransitive) To fly a hang glider.]
v
(intransitive) Of an aircraft: to fly very close to the ground, such that evasive manoeuvres need to be taken to avoid obstacles.
n
Alternative form of highflier [A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.]
n
Alternative form of highflier [A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.]
n
(aviation, military) A dogfighting maneuver used by a rapidly-closing attacker to avoid an overshoot during a turn, involving pulling up into a climb to exchange airspeed for altitude and allow the attacker to make a slower, tighter turn and drop back down behind the defender.
n
Alternative form of highflier [A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.]
n
Alternative form of highflier [A person who or a type of aircraft that flies at high elevations.]
v
To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.
n
(aviation) A flight taken for pleasure.
n
(aviation, with the) A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes themself to be in a bank when they are actually wings-level, or vice-versa, often resulting in spatial disorientation and loss of control of the aircraft.
v
(intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
n
(mathematics) A type of random walk in which the increments are distributed according to a “heavy-tailed” distribution i.e. there are a significant number of large increments
adj
In the act of flight; airborne.
n
(US, colloquial, derogatory) Efforts to transport people to the Moon, regarded as a useless waste of resources.
n
An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot (by an astronaut).
n
One who moonwalks; an astronaut who has walked on the moon.
n
(aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
adj
(military) Denoting a very low-altitude flight course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment.
n
(aviation) A drop in altitude with the nose of the craft angled downwards.
n
A flying report; rumour.
n
The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory.
n
(slang) Bombing by parachute.
v
(transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
n
a flare which deploys a small parachute to slow down its descent.
n
(rare) Fear of planes, especially fear of air-travel on planes.
n
(aviation, informal) Synonym of tailstand
n
(aeronautics) A steep dive in an aircraft accelerated by an engine delivering thrust at or near full power.
v
(slang, dated) To crash an aeroplane.
n
Alternative spelling of puddle jumper [(idiomatic) A small passenger airplane, typically used for shorter connecting trips to smaller airports.]
n
(military) The practice of a missile or aircraft flying as low as possible, minimizing the range at which it can be detected by a target at sea.
v
(aviation) To perform, or place an aircraft in, a sideslip.
v
(intransitive, transitive, aviation) To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing.
n
(aviation) The practice of disembarking at a "hidden city" rather than continuing to one's ticketed destination, in order to save money on the airfare.
v
To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
n
Alternative spelling of skydiving [The practice of performing acrobatic movements during the freefall phase of a parachute jump.]
v
(intransitive) To be in freefall after jumping from an aircraft and landing safely by deploying a parachute.
n
(slang) A skydiver, especially (approbative) a thoroughly experienced or (derogatory) arrogant one.
n
The time when a vehicle such as an airplane is in flight.
v
To write a message in the sky using the trail of smoke from a moving airplane.
n
(aviation) Alternative spelling of slam dunk approach [(aviation) a final approach whereupon the airplane intercepts the ILS glideslope from above, instead of as normally from below]
v
To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
n
(aviation) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
n
(aeronautics, slang) A skydive that starts above the Karman line.
n
(sports) an air sport, a variant of paragliding, focusing on high speed passes skimming close to the ground and terrain features
n
physical exercise that concentrates on speed
n
Alternative form of split S [(aviation) An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft, starting from upright level flight, rolls inverted and then performs one-half of an inside loop, ending up in upright level flight in the opposite direction at a lower altitude; equivalent to an Immelmann turn (modern sense) performed in reverse.]
v
(aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.
v
Alternative form of step climb [(aviation, usually intransitive, of an aircraft) To periodically climb to higher and higher altitudes during cruise flight, as the aircraft becomes lighter from fuel burnoff, to take advantage of the reduced drag at higher altitudes; like cruise-climbing, but with the aircraft climbing in discrete steps instead of continuously.]
v
(transitive, military, aviation) To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.
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(chiefly US, figuratively) to start flying.
v
Alternative form of take to the skies [(chiefly US, figuratively) to start flying.]
v
Of a winged animal, to take flight; to begin flying.
v
To fly an aircraft in order to evaluate its performance
v
(gliding, often in the present participle) To fly an unpowered aircraft in a (thermal) column of rising air.
v
(aviation, military, slang, intransitive) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
adj
Flying, or able to fly.
adj
(obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
adj
flying; capable of flight.
adj
(rare) Pertaining to flight.
v
(intransitive, formal, obsolete) To fly.
v
(of a bird or gliding animal) To glide.
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(transitive, aviation) To operate the left and right throttles of (an aircraft) in alternation.
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(transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
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(aviation, military) A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot.
n
Alternative form of zipliner [Someone who takes part in ziplining]
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(aviation) A climb at a rate of climb greater than the maximum climb rate using only the thrust of the aircraft's engines; a climb that sacrifices airspeed to gain altitude.
n
Alternative form of zoom climb [(aviation) A climb at a rate of climb greater than the maximum climb rate using only the thrust of the aircraft's engines; a climb that sacrifices airspeed to gain altitude.]
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