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flyer¹
- /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From fly + -er (agent noun suffix).
With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.
noun flyers · flier
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- An airplane pilot.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- A leap or jump.
- A risky investment or other venture. It was a great day for the pair of Fosters. They were speechless for joy. Also speechless for another reason: after much watching of the market, Aleck had lately, with fear and trembling, made her first flyer on a “margin,” using the remaining twenty thousand of the bequest in this risk.
- A fast-moving person or thing. An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.
- A false start.
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Synonym of flying cymbal.
Similar: flying cymbal
verb flyers · flyering · flyered · flier
- To distribute flyers (leaflets). Neil McKinnon, the Fringe's head of external affairs, asks: Are you flyering in the right place at the right time? How are you flyering? Good flyering is about more than standing there handing out flyers to as many people as you can.
- To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).
flyer²
- /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
adjective flier
- comparative form of fly: more fly
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: aeronaut, airman, aviator, broadside, circular, bill, handbill, flier, broadsheet, throwaway, flying, pilot, flywheel, steering, wheel, driving
Translations
Every language
noun machine that flies
| Português | voador |
|---|---|
| Italiano | velivolo |
| Русский | лета́тельный аппара́т letátelʹnyj apparát |
noun someone who pilots or rides in an airplane
| Español | piloto |
|---|---|
| Português | piloto |
| Français | pilote |
| Deutsch | Flieger |
| Italiano | volatore |
| Русский | лётчик ljótčik |
| العربية | طَيَّار ṭayyār |
noun leaflet, often for advertising
| Español | volante, octavilla, circular |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 플라이어 peullaieo, 전단 jeondan, 전단지 jeondanji |
| 日本語 | 散らし chirashi, チラシ chirashi, フライヤー furaiyā, 檄 geki |
| 中文 | 傳單 /传单 chuándān |
| हिन्दी | पत्रक patrak, पुस्तिका pustikā, इश्तहार iśtahār, पर्चा parcā, किताबचा kitābcā |
| Português | folheto, panfleto, circular |
| Français | tract, prospectus, flyer |
| Deutsch | Flugblatt, Flyer, Rundschreiben, Handzettel, Flugschrift |
| Italiano | annuncio, volantino, opuscolo |
| Ελληνικά | εγκύκλιος egkýklios |
| Română | foaie volantă |
| Русский | листо́вка listóvka, фла́ер flájer, аги́тка agítka |
| Tiếng Việt | tờ quảng cáo, tờ rơi, tờ bướm, truyền đơn |
| العربية | نَشْرَة našra, نَشْرَة إعْلَانِيَّة našra ʔiʕlāniyya, مَنْشُور manšūr, وَرَقَة waraqa |
| עברית | עָלוֹן alón, פלייר, פלאייר fláyer |
noun part of a spinning machine
| Français | broche, épinglier |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Spinnflügel |
| Italiano | aspo |
noun architecture: connecting arch
| Deutsch | Strebebogen |
|---|
noun standard rectangular step of a staircase
| Русский | ступе́нька stupénʹka, ступе́нь stupénʹ |
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