flying
That flies or can fly.
Adjective 4 meanings
That flies or can fly.
“a flying rumour”
Brief or hurried.
Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile.
“flying column”
Not secured by yards.
Noun 3 meanings
An act of flight.
The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.
Etymology
From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand, ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly + -ing.
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FLYING at a glance
FLYING has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + L 1 + Y 4 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,949 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with flying
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- FRYING13
- PLYING12
- FAYING13
- CLYING12
- FEYING13
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