Definitions for flier

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flier fli·er

Spelling: [flahy-er]

IPA: /ˈflaɪ ər/

Flier is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in flier (efilr).

Definitions for flier

noun

1. something that flies, as a bird or insect.
2. an aviator or pilot.
3. an airplane passenger, especially one who travels regularly by air.
4. a person or thing that moves with great speed.
5. some part of a machine having a rapid motion.
6. a small handbill; circular.
7. Informal. a flying jump or leap:
8. Informal. a risky or speculative venture:
9. one of the steps in a straight flight of stairs. Compare winder (def 2).
10. a trapeze artist; aerialist.
11. a silvery-green sunfish, Centrarchus macropterus, found from Virginia to Florida and through the lower Mississippi valley.

Origin of flier

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at fly¹, -er¹

Examples for flier

Pence, with his thick mane of hair and thick build, looks great on a flier.

The flier itself shows an inverted Islamic State flag, with Arabic script below it.

There are no descriptions, just a flier handed out at the entrance with a brief overview of each piece.

In Georgia, a flier has surfaced suggesting that Democrats need to vote in order to avoid another Ferguson.

He could not remember the flier ever having said much about himself.

I liked him that day he outran the flier; I've often thought of him since then.

Where does the flier stop after it passes Misery, going west?

Or the flier who jumped from the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai and slammed into an air conditioning unit on a roof.

Had it been possible, he might have tried to leave the flier.

Then he saw that the magnet was fast to the side of the flier, near the stern.