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Vinony

flyer

noun

  1. form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪə(ɹ)/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly English -er English flyer From fly + -er (comparative suffix).

  1. comparative form of fly: more fly

noun

Etymology: From fly + -er (agent noun suffix). With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.

  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.
  6. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
  7. An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
  8. A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
  9. A stray shot away from the group on a target.
  10. A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
  11. A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
  12. A leap or jump.
  13. A risky investment or other venture.

    “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 first flyer on a “margin,” using the remaining twenty thousand of the bequest in this risk.”

  14. A fast-moving person or thing.

    “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 Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.”

    “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.”

  15. A false start.
  16. Synonym of flying cymbal.

verb

Etymology: From fly + -er (agent noun suffix). With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.

  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).