To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
To burst out into violence.
To send by some startling or sudden means.
To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.)
To expand (blown glass) into a disc.
To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
To expose one's intimate body part or piece of clothing, often momentarily. (Contrast streak.)
To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).
To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
To perform a flash.
To be visible briefly.
To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
To make visible briefly.
To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
To communicate quickly.
Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
Having plenty of ready money.
Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class.
The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
A pool.
Pizzazz, razzle-dazzle.
Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
The (intentional or unintentional) exposure of an intimate body part or undergarment in public.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Artipe, Deudorix and Rapala.
A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
A brief exposure or making visible (of a smile, badge, etc).
A form of military insignia.
A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
A flashlight; an electric torch.
The sudden sensation of being "high" after taking a recreational drug.
A very short amount of time.
A tattoo flash (example design on paper to give an idea of a possible tattoo).
A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
To be in the winged adult stage.
To hunt with a hawk.
To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
To be accepted, come about or work out.
To proceed with great success.
To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
A wing.
A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
A butterfly (combination of four options).
An act of flying.
One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
waste cotton
Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
The free edge of a flag.
The horizontal length of a flag.
A fly ball.
The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
Related terms: flyman
A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.