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

  • (..) I'm completely free.* *I could go running, and racing, and dancing... *and chasing, and leaping and bounding.* *Hair flying, heart pounding and splashing and reeling.* *That's when my life begins.* I can't believe I did this. I can't believe I did this. (..)
    2010 Tangled
  • (..) Flynn: The magic of the golden flower, healed the queen. A healthy baby girl, a princess was born. To celebrate her birth, the King and Queen launched a flying lantern into the sky. And for that one moment, everything was perfect. Mother Gothel: *Flower, gleam and glow, let your powers shine* (..)
    2010 Tangled