flight vs pullout

flight

noun
  • An instance of flying. 

  • An aerodynamic surface designed to guide such a projectile's trajectory. 

  • The shaped material forming the thread of a screw. 

  • The feathers on an arrow or dart used to help it follow an even path. 

  • A paper airplane. 

  • The act of fleeing. 

  • The act of flying. 

  • A floor which is reached by stairs or escalators. 

  • An episode of imaginative thinking or dreaming. 

  • The movement of a spinning ball through the air - concerns its speed, trajectory and drift. 

  • A trip made by an aircraft, particularly one between two cities or countries, which is often planned or reserved in advance. 

  • An air force unit. 

  • Several sample glasses of a specific wine varietal or other beverage. The pours are smaller than a full glass and the flight will generally include three to five different samples. 

  • A series of stairs between landings. 

  • The ballistic trajectory of an arrow or other projectile. 

  • A collective term for doves or swallows. 

  • A group of canal locks with a short distance between them 

verb
  • To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual. 

  • To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual. 

pullout

noun
  • The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight. 

  • The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the board into or over the back of a wave. 

  • The coitus interruptus method of birth control. 

  • An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else. 

  • A withdrawal, especially of armed forces. 

  • Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”) 

  • An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities. 

How often have the words flight and pullout occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )