flying


flying (http://definr.com/flying)

     adj 1: capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying
            animal"
     2: moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult
        passage with flying fingers" [syn: fast-flying]
     3: of or relating to passage through the air especially
        aviation; "a flying time of three hours between cities";
        "unidentified flying objects"
     4: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current
        of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "a
        fluttering scarf"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the
        breeze" [syn: aflare, flaring, fluttering, waving]
     5: designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police
        squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"
     6: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying
        glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
        [syn: quick, fast]
     7: done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing
        start in which runners are already in motion as they cross
        the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal
        line with a flying leap"
     n : an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an
         exciting adventure for him" [syn: flight]