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Dictionary definition for: Flying
1. (n) an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
2. (s) capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal"
3. (s) moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes" "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
4. (s) streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her" "flying banners" "flags waving in the breeze"
5. (s) designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"
6. (s) of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation; "a flying time of three hours between cities" "unidentified flying objects"
7. (s) hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit" "took a flying glance at the book" "a quick inspection" "a fast visit"
8. (s) done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start" "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"
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