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fly-by

fly-by is the alternative form of flyby.

Meaning of flyby

Noun

flyby (plural flybys)

  1. A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations.
    • The upcoming flyby of Halley's comet is expected to provide new information on the nature of the comet.
  2. (US) A low-level ceremonial flight, typically in connection with an airshow or a military parade.
    • Two of your snot-nose jockeys did a fly-by on my tower at over 400 knots!1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture), spoken by Air Boss Johnson
    Synonyms:
    flypast, flyover
  3. (figuratively) A brief visit.
  4. A sailby performed by a hydrofoil vessel while hydrofoiling.
  5. A three-dimensional animated sequence in which the camera moves past an object or scenery.

Forms of fly-by

pluralfly-bys

Words formed from fly-by

Phrases with fly-by

Questions about fly-by

What is fly-by the alternative form of?
Fly-by is the alternative form of flyby.

Words near fly-by in the dictionary

  1. fly-bottles
  2. fly-box
  3. fly-boxes
  4. fly-boy
  5. fly-boys
  6. fly-by
  7. fly-by salute
  8. fly-by salutes
  9. fly-by-night
  10. fly-by-nighter
  11. fly-by-nighters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fly-by (page history and authors); flyby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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