Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Made or worn loose or draped, as to allow or suggest fluttering in the wind.
- adjective Prepared for immediate flight.
- adjective Designed for air travel.
- adjective Given to frivolity; flighty.
- noun An aerial gymnastic move performed on the parallel bars, rings, or other apparatus, especially a flying dismount with a somersault.
- noun Strands of hair that stand out unmanageably from the head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Flighty; restless; fluttering: as, a flyaway young woman; a flyaway costume.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; -- used of both persons and things.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of hair Soft, light,
unruly , and difficult to set into a style. - noun A
stray hair of this kind.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective guided by whim and fancy
- adjective (of hair or clothing) worn loose
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Examples
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So we're operating off a flyaway, which is a much smaller satellite dish.
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The outermost one, called the flyaway, was being furled, though the sailor stretched out upon the stay beneath the bowsprit was drenched by each downward plunge of the schooner's bow.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes William Perry Brown 1885
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She said no, and the president called her flyaway curls "a real fashion statement."
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They will expect to contend at Spa and Monza and then have an advantage as the season heads for its final "flyaway" leg in the Asia and Brazil.
No sleep until Germany as McLaren put in the hours to gain seconds Oliver Owen at Silverstone 2010
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Ecclestone has suggested, rather than a knee-jerk reaction now, the sport would be better served to adopt a calm, rational view and address the matter after the next three 'flyaway' grands prix in Australia, Malaysia and China.
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With the Chinese Grand Prix, the fourth and final event of the opening 'flyaway' sequence of races, looming this weekend, Whitmarsh is keen to tighten up the entire
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Heikki Kovalainen is delighted with the way the brand-new Lotus team has performed in the first four, non-European 'flyaway' races of the 2010 season.
GPUpdate.net 2010
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With the Chinese Grand Prix, the fourth and final event of the opening 'flyaway' sequence of races, looming this weekend, Whitmarsh is keen to tighten up the entire
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Kovalainen highly satisfied with last Lotus 'flyaway'
GPUpdate.net 2010
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The three-week gap between last weekend's Chinese Grand Prix and the forthcoming Spanish Grand Prix on 9 May should on paper provide teams with the opportunity to refine their cars before the European leg of the season begins - and allow drivers some well-deserved rest following the gruelling schedule of four 'flyaway' races in just five weeks.
bilby commented on the word flyaway
...of this kind.
November 13, 2018