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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | Date: 2008
fly·ing
/ ˈflī-ing/
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adj.
moving or able to move through the air with wings:
a flying ant.
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relating to airplanes or aviators:
a flying ace
a flying career.
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done while hurling oneself through the air:
he took a flying kick at a policeman.
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moving rapidly, esp. through the air:
one passenger was cut by flying glass.
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hasty; brief:
a flying visit.
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used in names of animals that can glide by using winglike membranes or other structures, e.g., flying squirrel.
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n.
flight, esp. in an aircraft:
she hates flying. | [as adj.]
PHRASES:
with flying colors
with distinction:
Sylvia had passed her exams with flying colors.
© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008.
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