Meaning

16 senses
  1. That which flies, as a bird or insect.

  2. A machine that flies.

    лета́тельный аппара́тletátelʹnyj apparát

  3. (dated)An airplane pilot.

  4. A person who travels by airplane.

    Flieger

    лётчикljótčik

    льо́тчикlʹótčyk

    someone who travels by air

  5. A leaflet, often for advertising.

    Flugblatt, Flyer, Rundschreiben

    листо́вкаlistóvka, фла́ерflájer, аги́ткаagítka

    листі́вкаlystívka, фла́єрflájer

  6. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin

    Spinnflügel

  7. An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.

    Strebebogen

  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).

    ступе́нькаstupénʹka, ступе́ньstupénʹ

  11. A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.

  12. A leap or jump.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Can I have another copy of this flyer?

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  2. I read the flyer that was handed to me.

    deIch las das Faltblatt, das man mir gab.

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  3. Tom is a frequent flyer.

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  4. That woman gave me a flyer.

    deDie Frau hat mir ein Flugblatt gegeben.

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  5. He left the flyers in the hallway.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
someone who pilots or rides in an airplane:
leaflet, often for advertising:
Русский
By meaning 4
machine that flies:
someone who pilots or rides in an airplane:
leaflet, often for advertising:
standard rectangular step of a staircase:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
someone who pilots or rides in an airplane:
leaflet, often for advertising:
part of a spinning machine:
architecture: connecting arch:

Origin

From fly + -er (agent noun suffix).

From fly + -er (agent noun suffix).

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Forms

plural: flyers
Singularflyer
Pluralflyers

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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