FLYAWAY


Meaning of FLYAWAY in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective

Etymology: from fly away, v.

1. of a person : volatile and flighty : lacking in order and practical sense

a pretty flyaway sort of woman

2.

a. of clothing : loose and floating : having unconfined fullness especially at the back

a trim flyaway jacket

b. : having a pointed form suggestive of a wing

flyaway eyebrows

a flyaway cuff

3.

a. : ready to fly — used of aircraft especially at the factory

b. : packaged or designed to be transported in an airplane — used of supplies to be carried by military aircraft of the units that will use them

c. : relating to or involving flyaway aircraft or supplies

flyaway price

flyaway delivery

a flyaway bin

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: partly from flyaway (I) ; partly from fly away, v.

1. : a flyaway person or thing

2. : a mirage of land seen at sea

3. : a dismount from a horizontal bar consisting of a somersault executed at the front or back end of an arm swing

4. : an airplane flown (as from the factory) instead of being shipped

III. adverb

Etymology: flyaway (I)

: as ready to fly away — used of aircraft

a light plane priced $8400 flyaway

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.