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FLYER
circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway
(noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; “he mailed the circular to all subscribers”
aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer
(noun) someone who operates an aircraft
flier, flyer
(noun) someone who travels by air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
flyer (plural flyers) US English flier except in the sense of leaflet
That which flies, as a bird or insect.
A machine that flies.
(dated) An airplane pilot.
A person who travels by airplane.
A leaflet, often for advertising.
The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
(architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
(acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) The person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
(firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
A leap or jump.
A risky investment or other venture.
Synonyms
• (pilot): aviator, aviatrix
• (leaflet): circular, leaflet
Coordinate terms
• (acrobatics): base
Verb
flyer (third-person singular simple present flyers, present participle flyering, simple past and past participle flyered)
(intransitive) To distribute flyers (leaflets).
(transitive) To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).
Anagrams
• refly
Source: Wiktionary
Fly"er, n. Etym: [See Flier.]
1. One that uses wings.
2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.
3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.
5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.
6. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers. Internat. Cyc.
7. (Stock Jobbing)
Definition: A small operation not involving considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. [Cant] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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