fly

noun

common name of small flying insects, especially Diptera
outer layer of a tent or piece of material which is strung up using rope as a minimalist, stand-alone shelter

Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪ̯/ / [ˈflaɪ̯] / /ˈflɑɪ̯/

Etymology: Uncertain; probably from the verb or noun.

Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
“be assured, O man of sin—pilferer of small wares and petty larcener—that there is an eye within keenly glancing from some loophole contrived between accordions and tin breastplates that watches your every movement, and is "fly,"— to use a term peculiarly comprehensible to dishonest minds—to the slightest gesture of illegal conveyancing.”
Clandestine, surreptitious
“Some say God was an alien that tampered with our DNA, the 3 kings followed ufos & Mary had a fly shag 🤔🤫”
Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
“He's pretty fly.”
“when Ortega got fixed up in his fly duds like that, an ord'nary man's overcoat wouldn't make 'im a pair o' socks.”
Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
“[Rahiem] My name brings peace and tranquility / So all the fly ladies' hearts can run free”
“Word is bond she looked divine, she looked as fly as can be I thought she was different cause she was by herself She looked real wholesome, and in good physical health”

Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
“June 8, 1708, John Cock and William Nottingham desire 100 acres each [...] Isaac Davis desied a conveyance for the "greenbush" fly or swamp that he hath drained near his land, in the Jaagh Creupel-bosh.”
“[…] one certain Lot of the Long fly, or swamp situate lying and being [in] the Township of Flatlands […] recorded June 15, 1876, Liber 1244 of Conveyances, at page 494, Kings County. The "East Division" was the Long Vly, […]”

To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
“Jones flied to right in his last at-bat.”