flying

IPA: fɫˈaɪɪŋ

(countable, aviation) An act of flight.
(uncountable, aerodynamics) The action or process of sustained motion through the air.
(uncountable, nautical) The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water.

That flies or can fly.
Brief or hurried.
Capable of speed
(nautical, of a sail) Not secured by yards.
(nautical, of a vessel) Capable of foiling.
Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines.

Examples of "flying" in Sentences

The plane was flying the firmament.
Mark Haisma doesn't like the term "flying winemaker."
Mayor Maynard proposed flying the antitoxin by aircraft.
The trick to flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
In the old days people used to see what they called flying saucers.
The laws governing aviation in the country that the aircraft is flying in.
He had heard of the term flying saucers, better known as Unidentified Flying Objects.
True courage consists not in flying from the storms of life; but in braving and steering through them with prudence.
The use of the term “Islamicfasciam” and the other term flying around lately “Clash of Civilazations” are disturbing.
And that was obviously hurting that man, Chris Benoit, as he's doing -- this is what he calls his flying head butt, which is just painful to watch now.
There is a part where Kennedy speaks of the label flying out a new artist, and how the music is powerful, but no one wants to fully support or enjoy the band because no one wants to be to blame if the band and their release fails.
"The term flying is hardly too strong to express the speed of the elevators," claim the directors, and after a complicated series of calculations, they proudly conclude that the elevators annually make "the enormous journey of ... nearly five times around the earth."