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flying

Definition

  • noun: the activity of traveling in an aircraft
  • noun: travel by air
  • adjective: moving or able to move in the air
  • adjective: moving or capable of moving in the air
  • used especially of livestock brand marks
  • synonyms: volant, volitant, circumvolant

Examples

  • A flag 'flies' in front of the building. = There is a flag 'flying' in front of the building.

  • The restaurant 'made a flying start' by filling up on opening night.

  • After some difficult years, the company is 'flying high' again.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Good afternoon, Amanda.\NGood afternoon. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Welcome to your first flying lesson. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Well, what are you waiting for?\NEveryone step up to the left side of their broomstick. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,-No problems, l trust, Hagrid?\N-No, sir. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Little tyke fell asleep just\Nas we were flying over Bristol. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Try not to wake him. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,There you go. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone