flyer

English

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Etymology

fly + -er

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

flyer (plural flyers) US English flier except in the sense of leaflet

(architecture) Flyers
  1. A machine that flies.
  2. Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane.
  3. A leaflet, often for advertising.
  4. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
  5. (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
  6. (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) The person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
  7. (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
  8. A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
  9. A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
  10. A leap or jump.
  11. A risky investment or other venture.

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Verb

flyer (third-person singular simple present flyers, present participle flyering, simple past and past participle flyered)

  1. (intransitive) To distribute flyers (leaflets).
  2. (transitive) To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English flyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fla.jœʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

flyer m (plural flyers)

  1. flyer (leaflet)

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