flying+(noun)

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• flying visit — noun a visit that last for only a very short time he wanted to hear all about my flying visit to his old stamping grounds • Hypernyms: ↑visit * * * flying visit UK US noun [countable] [singular flying visit …   Useful english dictionary

• flying officer — noun : an air force officer (as in the British Royal Air Force) equivalent in rank to a lieutenant in the army * * * flying officer noun An officer in the Royal Air Force of rank equivalent to sublieutenant in the Navy and lieutenant in the Army… …   Useful english dictionary

• flying picket — noun One of a mobile group of pickets available for reinforcing the body of local pickets during a strike • • • Main Entry: ↑fly * * * flying picket UK US noun [countable] [singular flying picket plural …   Useful english dictionary

• flying saucer — noun an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins • Syn: ↑unidentified flying object, ↑UFO • Hypernyms: ↑apparition, ↑phantom, ↑phantasm, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• flying start — noun 1. a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line • Syn: ↑running start • Hypernyms: ↑racing start 2. a quick and auspicious beginning • Syn: ↑running start …   Useful english dictionary

• flying colors — noun complete success they passed inspection with flying colors • Syn: ↑flying colours • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑success * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• flying cat — noun 1. arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps • Syn: ↑flying lemur, ↑colugo • Hypernyms: ↑placental,… …   Useful english dictionary

• flying jacket — UK US noun [countable] [singular flying jacket plural flying jackets] british a short warm leather jacket, originally designed for pilots Thesaurus: jackets and coatshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

• flying jib — noun the outermost of two or more jibs • Hypernyms: ↑jib * * * noun : a sail set outside of the jib and on the flying jibboom see sail illustration * * * Naut. the outer or outermost of two or more jibs, set well above the jib boom. See diag.… …   Useful english dictionary

• flying machine — noun : an apparatus for navigating the air began to look anxiously for a level place on which to land his flying machine Tudor David * * * noun, pl ⋯ chines [count] : a machine that is able to fly; especially : an airplane from the time when… …   Useful english dictionary

• flying marmot — noun East Indian flying squirrel • Syn: ↑taguan, ↑flying cat, ↑Petaurista petaurista • Hypernyms: ↑Asiatic flying squirrel • Member Holonyms: ↑Petaurista, ↑genus Peta …   Useful english dictionary