flying
1. [ adjective ] moving swiftly
Synonyms: fast-flying
Examples:

"fast-flying planes" "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"

Related terms: moving
2. [ adjective ] capable of or engaged in flight
Examples:

"the bat is a flying animal"

Related terms: winged
3. [ adjective ] moving swiftly
Synonyms: fast-flying
Examples:

"fast-flying planes" "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"

Related terms: moving
4. [ adjective ] of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation
Examples:

"a flying time of three hours between cities" "unidentified flying objects"

Related terms: air
5. [ adjective ] designed for swift movement or action
Examples:

"a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"

Related terms: mobile
6. [ adjective ] 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
Examples:

"a flying start" "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"

Related terms: running
7. [ adjective ] streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
Synonyms: waving aflare fluttering flaring
Examples:

"ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "a fluttering scarf" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze"

Related terms: moving
8. [ adjective ] hurried and brief
Synonyms: quick fast
Examples:

"paid a flying visit" "took a flying glance at the book" "a quick inspection" "a fast visit"

Related terms: hurried
9. [ noun ] (transportation) an instance of traveling by air
Synonyms: flight
Examples:

"flying was still an exciting adventure for him"

Related terms: air_travel pass sortie glide flyover acrobatics solo terrain_flight blind_flying overflight ballooning fly fly fly flight
Similar spelling:   fling
  flowing
  fleeing
  fling_off
  flange
  Flink
  Flinck
  flinch
  flimsy