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flyer (iou)



flyer noun. Also flier. LME.
[from FLY verb + -ER1.]
Something which flies; a creature or thing that flies or is carried through the air. LME.
C. Darwin Birds breeding on precipices, and good fliers, are unlikely to be exterminated.
A person who runs away, a fugitive; a fleer. LME.
Each of a series of rectangular steps forming a straight flight. M17.
A mechanism which has a regular and fast-moving revolution, as: an appliance for regulating the motion of a roasting-jack; a sail of a windmill; the part of a spinning wheel which twists the thread as it leads it to and winds it on the bobbin. L17.
A person, animal, vehicle, train, etc., which moves with exceptional speed. L18.
E. Wallace Fifty-Five is a flyer..He did the five furlongs in fifty-eight and a fifth seconds.
b. A flying jump or leap. L19.
c. Cricket. A ball pitched short that flies up sharply. E20.
A speculative venture, esp. a speculative financial investment. US. M19.
A small handbill or flysheet, esp. one issued by the police or used for advertising purposes. N. Amer. L19.
New Yorker The police..put out flyers asking witnesses..to come forward.
An aircraft. L19.
H. G. Wells The most efficient heavier-than-air fliers that had ever appeared.
b. An aviator. M20.
An ambitious or outstanding person; an excellent or outstanding thing. colloq. E20.
T. Parker People of higher rank..say he's something of what's called a 'flyer'.
Phrases: take a flyer take a chance.