Flying

[n] an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
[adj] done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"
[adj] hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
[adj] of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation; "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects"
[adj] designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"
[adj] moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
[adj] streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "a fluttering scarf"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze"
[adj] capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal"

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Synonyms

aflare, air(a), fast, fast-flying, flaring, flight, fluttering, hurried, mobile, moving, quick, running(a), waving, winged

Related Terms

aeronautics, agile, air service, airborne, airline, ascending, astronautics, aviation, axial, back, back-flowing, backward, ballooning, blind flying, breakneck, brittle, capricious, changeable, cloud-seeding, commercial aviation, contact flying, corruptib