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FLY-BY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does fly-by mean?

• FLY-BY (noun)
The noun FLY-BY has 1 sense:

1. a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

Familiarity information: FLY-BY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FLY-BY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fly-by; flyover; flypast

Hypernyms ("fly-by" is a kind of...):

flight; flying (an instance of traveling by air)

Domain category:

aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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