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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • slang Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp, smart (in a mental sense).
  • slang Well dressed, smart in appearance.

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Noun:

  • An act of flying.
  • Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
  • A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
  • A strip of material hiding the zipper, buttons etc. at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, or underpants.
  • baseball A fly ball.
  • fishing A lightweight fishing resembling an insect.
  • non-technical ''Especially'', any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
  • Zoology Any true flies.
  • historical A type of small, fast carriage.
  • obsolete The action of flying; flight.
  • The free edge of a flag.
  • The horizontal length of a flag.
  • weightlifting A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (''also'' flye)

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Verb:

  • intransitive|baseball To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball which is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
  • of a proposal or idea To be accepted.
  • intransitive To flee, to escape.
  • intransitive To travel through the air.
  • ergative To cause to move through the air, to transport by air.

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