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flyer

[ flahy-er ]

noun

  1. Textiles.
    1. a rotating device that adds twist to the slubbing or roving and winds the stock onto a spindle or bobbin in a uniform manner.
    2. a similar device for adding twist to yarn.


flyer

/ ˈflaɪə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that flies or moves very fast
  2. an aviator or pilot
  3. informal.
    a long flying leap; bound
  4. a fast-moving machine part, esp one having periodic motion
  5. a rectangular step in a straight flight of stairs Compare winder
  6. athletics an informal word for flying start
  7. a speculative business transaction
  8. a small handbill


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flyer1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; fly 2, -er 1

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Example Sentences

It shows what the experience of any frequent flyer already demonstrates.

When Smith backed Obama in 2007, he was taking a flyer on a little known freshman senator.

He binds the little flyer with black plastic ties and seals her mouth with duct tape.

He handed me a flyer, which explained his complaint in detail.

“The unsafe, improper and reckless use of these machines puts the community in danger,” the flyer said.

If the strange flyer reported by the merpeople was beside it, he could not distinguish it from this distance.

Was it among those who manned the strange flyer, those the merpeople had spied upon but whom he had not yet seen?

I aint no high-flyer myse'f. I fear'd ter shake han's wid you so fur off, Brer Rabbit.'

A small bell swinging in a circle may often be seen to-day as a “flyer” ornament on the heads of London carthorses.

The darkness took form as a vast black flyer mounting toward him.

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