flight
The act of flying; the ability to fly.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of flying; the ability to fly.
“Most birds are capable of flight.”
A surface that aids in an item's purpose
A thing that flies or moves as if in flight
A segment of a whole
Verb 2 meanings
To throw the ball in such a way that it has more airtime and more spin than usual.
To throw or kick something so as to send it flying with more loft or airtime than usual.
Etymology
From Middle English flight, from Old English flyht (“flight”), from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti (“flight”), derived from *fleuganą (“to fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly”), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). Analyzable as fly + -t (variant of -th).
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FLIGHT at a glance
FLIGHT has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + L 1 + I 1 + G 2 + H 4 + T 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,411 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with flight
All rhymesOne letter away
- SLIGHT10
- PLIGHT12
- FRIGHT13
- BLIGHT12
- ALIGHT10
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