Definition of: flyer

(flī′ər)
See FLIER.

fly-fish (flī′fish′) v.i.
To fish with artificial flies as bait.
—fly′·fish′ing noun

fly·flap·per (flī′flap′ər) noun
A device for whisking flies.

fly·frame (flī′frām′) noun
Any of several machines used to draw and twist textile fibers preparatory to spinning, as a roving frame.

fly-front (flī′frunt′) adjective
Having a fly that covers buttons or a zipper.

fly·ing (flī′ing) adjective
1. Intended or adapted for swift or easy motion, or motion through the air; moving with or as with wings.
2. Moving rapidly or continuously; hurried: a flying bird or trip.
3. Floating or suspended so as to float in the air: a flying banner.
4. Extending or being beyond the ordinary; extra: a flying jib.
—noun
1. The act of flight; flight, as of a bird or an aircraft.
2. plural Loose material, as fibers, floating in the air.
—instrument flying Navigation of an aircraft by means of instruments alone: also called blind flying.

flying boat
A large seaplane, supported on water by its own hull rather than by floats.

flying bomb
See under BOMB.

flying buttress Archit.
A rampant arch extending from a wall or pier to a supporting abutment, usually receiving the thrust of another arch on the other side of the wall.

flying cadet
An aviation cadet.