flyer

English

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Alternative forms

• flier

Etymology

to fly + -er

Noun

flyer (plural flyers)

1. A machine that flies.
2. Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane.
3. A leaflet, often for advertising.
4. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to, and winds it on the bobbin
5. (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
6. (cheerleading) A cheerleader who is airborne for a stunt.

Synonyms

• (pilot): aviator, aviatrix

Derived terms

• paperflyer

Translations

machine that flies

Finnish: lentolaite (fi)

Italian: velivolo (it)

someone who pilots or rides in an airplane

Finnish: lentäjä (fi) (pilot), lentomatkustaja (fi) (passenger) French: pilote (fr) German: Flieger (de)

Italian: volatore (it) Spanish: piloto (es)

leaflet, often for advertising

Czech: leták (cs) m. Finnish: lentolehtinen, lennäkki (fi) French: tract (fr), prospectus (fr), flyer (fr) m.

Italian: annuncio (it), volantino (it), opuscolo (it) Russian: листовка (ru) (listóvka) f., флаер (ru) (flájer) m. Spanish: volante (es)

part of a spinning machine

Italian: aletta di filatoio

architecture: connecting arch

Finnish: tukikaari (fi)

cheerleading: airborne cheerleader

Verb

flyer (third-person singular simple present flyers, present participle flyering, simple past and past participle flyered)

1. (intransitive) To distribute flyers (leaflets).
2. (transitive) To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• brochure
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• handbill
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphlet

Anagrams

• ferly