flying
— Adjective
– English
～ moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
flying
— Adjective
– English
～ hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
fast-flying
— Adjective
– English
～ moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
flying cat
— Noun
– English
～ 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
flying bridge
— Noun
– English
～ the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house
flying dragon
— Noun
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～ any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
flying boat
— Noun
– English
～ a large seaplane that floats with its fuselage in the water rather than on pontoons
flying buttress
— Noun
– English
～ a buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch
flying carpet
— Noun
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～ (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go
Flying Dutchman
— Noun
– English
～ a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
flying bird
— Noun
– English
～ birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
flying
— Noun
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～ an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
flying drainpipe
— Noun
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～ a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed
flying bomb
— Noun
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～ a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
Flying Dutchman
— Noun
– English
～ the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
flying cat
— Noun
– English
～ East Indian flying squirrel
flying colors
— Noun
– English
～ complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors"
flying colours
— Noun
– English
～ complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors"