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flying meets

flying meets is the plural of flying meet.

Meaning of flying meet

Noun

flying meet (plural flying meets)

  1. The carefully-timed situation in which two opposing trains on a nominally single-track line meet at a siding and are able to pass each other without stopping, because they have reached the siding simultaneously.

Questions about flying meets

What is flying meets the plural of?
Flying meets is the plural of flying meet.

Words near flying meets in the dictionary

  1. flying machine
  2. flying machines
  3. flying mare
  4. flying mares
  5. flying meet
  6. flying meets
  7. flying mice
  8. flying monkeys
  9. flying mouse
  10. flying off
  11. flying off at a tangent

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