flyer
/ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/
flyer noun: that which flies, as a bird or insect. Also the comparative form of fly.
Noun
flyer (plural flyers)
- That which flies, as a bird or insect.
- A machine that flies.
- An airplane pilot.
- A person who travels by airplane.
- A leaflet, often for advertising.
- The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
- An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
- A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
- A stray shot away from the group on a target.
- A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
- A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
- A leap or jump.
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- A risky investment or other venture.
- It was a great day for the pair of Fosters. They were speechless for joy. Also speechless for another reason: after much watching of the market, Aleck had lately, with fear and trembling, made her first flyer on a “margin,” using the remaining twenty thousand of the bequest in this risk.1903, Mark Twain, The $30,000 Bequest
- A fast-moving person or thing.
- An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.1952 December, 'Mercury', “Modern French Locomotive Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 808-809
- The new Waterloo–Exeter times of the S.R. flyer are 2hr 58min down and 1min more up, in less than 3hr, that is to say, in both directions, with the help of four runs timed at over a mile a minute.1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593
- A false start.
- Synonym of flying cymbal.
- Synonyms:
- flying cymbal
Verb
flyer (third-person singular simple present flyers, present participle flyering, simple past and past participle flyered)
- To distribute flyers (leaflets).
- Neil McKinnon, the Fringe's head of external affairs, asks: Are you flyering in the right place at the right time? How are you flyering? Good flyering is about more than standing there handing out flyers to as many people as you can.2012, Mark Fisher, quoting Neil McKinnon, The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 156
- To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).
Also used as
flyer is also the comparative form of fly.
flyer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
flyer in Hindi
- leaflet, often for advertising
- पत्रक patrak, पुस्तिका pustikā, इश्तहार iśtahār, पर्चा parcā, किताबचा kitābcā
flyer in Tamil
- பறக்கவிடுபவர், ஃப்ளையர்
flyer in Marathi
- फ्लायर, उडणारा
flyer in Urdu
- leaflet, often for advertising
- پَرْچَہ parca, کِتابْچَہ kitābca
More languagesFewer languages
- flyer in Bengali
- ফ্লাইয়ার
- flyer in Telugu
- ఫ్లైయర్, ఫ్లైర్
- flyer in Malayalam
- ഫ്ലയർ, ഫ്ളയർ, പറക്കുന്നയാൾ
- flyer in Kannada
- ಫ್ಲೈಯರ್, ಹಾರಾಟಗಾರ
- flyer in Punjabi
- ਫਲਾਇਰ, ਫਲਾਈਰ, ਫਲਾਈਅਰ
- flyer in Gujarati
- ફ્લાયર, ઉડનાર
- flyer in Odia
- ଉଡ଼ାଣକାରୀ
- flyer in Nepali
- फ्लायर, उडानकर्ता
- flyer in Tagalog
- manlilipad, palibot
- flyer in Arabic
- طَيَّار ṭayyār, نَشْرَة našra, نَشْرَة إعْلَانِيَّة našra ʔiʕlāniyya, مَنْشُور manšūr
- flyer in Thai
- ใบปลิว bai-bpliu, แผ่นปลิว pɛ̀n-bpliu
- flyer in Vietnamese
- tờ quảng cáo, tờ rơi, tờ bướm, truyền đơn
- flyer in Myanmar
- လက်ကမ်းစာစောင် lakkam:cacaung
Examples of flyer in a sentence
- We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.
- Many first-time flyers suffer from aerophobia, though some hide it better than others.
- Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out.
Synonyms of flyer
Forms of flyer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | flyers |
| alternative form | flier |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | flyers |
| present participle | flyering |
| past participle | flyered |
| past | flyered |
Origin of flyer
From fly + -er (agent noun suffix). With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.
From fly + -er (comparative suffix).
Words formed from flyer
Phrases with flyer
Words that rhyme with flyer
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- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about flyer
- What does flyer mean?
- Flyer means that which flies, as a bird or insect.
- What is flyer in Hindi?
- Flyer in Hindi is पत्रक (patrak), पुस्तिका (pustikā), इश्तहार (iśtahār). See Flyer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flyer?
- Flyer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce flyer?
- Flyer is pronounced /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of flyer?
- The plural of flyer is flyers.
Words near flyer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: flyer (page history and authors); flyer (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); flyer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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