flyer — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

experienced, frequent, left, left, missing, spotted

The experienced flyer confidently navigated through severe turbulence during the storm.

VERB + FLYER

address, copy, flew, gave, handed, noticed, read, saw

The volunteer handed a flyer to each person waiting in line at the community center.

FLYER + NOUN

2hr, 58min, event, miles, news, town, university

We printed colorful event flyers and distributed them throughout town.

PREP.

about, in, on, with

She found a flyer about the new yoga classes on her car windshield.

Definitions

noun

1

That which flies, as a bird or insect.

2

A machine that flies.

3

An airplane pilot.

4

A person who travels by airplane.

5

A leaflet, often for advertising.

verb

1

To distribute flyers (leaflets).

Neil McKinnon, the Fringe's head of external affairs, asks: Are you flyering in the right place at the right time? How are you flyering? Good flyering is about more than standing there handing out flyers to as many people as you can.

2

To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)

noun — someone who operates an aircraft

noun — someone who travels by air

flier

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

frequent flyer

A person who flies frequently on commercial airliners.

As he flew home every weekend, he considered himself a frequent flyer.

take a flyer

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, flyer.

Example Bank

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01

It was a great day for the pair of Fosters. They were speechless for joy. Also speechless for another reason: after much watching of the market, Aleck had lately, with fear and trembling, made her fir

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02

An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to M

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03

The new Waterloo–Exeter times of the S.R. flyer are 2hr 58min down and 1min more up, in less than 3hr, that is to say, in both directions, with the help of four runs timed at over a mile a minute.

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Neil McKinnon, the Fringe's head of external affairs, asks: Are you flyering in the right place at the right time? How are you flyering? Good flyering is about more than standing there handing out fly

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05

Tom is a frequent flyer.

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06

I read the flyer that was handed to me.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, flyer is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.