Definitions for flyer

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flyer fly·er

Spelling: [flahy-er]

IPA: /ˈflaɪ ər/

Flyer is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in flyer (eflry).

Definitions for flyer

noun

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

adjective

1. clever; keen; ingenious.
2. agile; nimble.

Origin of flyer

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

Examples for flyer

We satisfied them at last, and I entered the flyer after Carpenter.

However there are increasing signs that the July 13 date was a flyer from the beginning.

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

Here for the first time is seen the combination of spindle, flyer and bobbin.

“Put a REAL Man on the Sunnyside Board,” declares one flyer.

I did hear, too, that she takes a flyer in the Street now and then.

Kent was led to infer that he still took a small "flyer" occasionally.

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

But they soon turned and headed "The flyer" to the far north.

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