To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
To be in the winged adult stage.
To hunt with a hawk.
To be accepted, come about or work out.
To proceed with great success.
To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
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.
Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
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.
To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.
To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.
To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.
To swiftly attack without warning.
To play at a faster tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually increase tempo while one is playing.
To dribble rapidly.
To make a swift or sudden attack.
To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.
To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority, often involving a hazing or initiation process.
To cause to move or act with unusual haste.
To transport or carry quickly.
To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units.
The merest trifle; a straw.
A person attempting to join a fraternity or sorority as part of a rush.
The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.
A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.
A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.
The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.
General haste.
A sudden attack; an onslaught.
A surge.
Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.
A sudden forward motion.
A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.
A wick.
The strategy of attacking an opponent with a large swarm of weak units, rather than spending time developing their abilities.
A rapid, noisy flow.
Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.