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Fly by night is British slang for an untrustworthy person.Fly by night is London Cockney rhyming slang for drunk (tight).
Fly a kite is slang for to issue a worthless cheque.
Verb. To have one's trouser zip/fly undone. E.g."It was so embarrassing, walking into a full conference hall, flying low."
Noun. See 'like a blue arsed fly'.
Fly my kite was old London Cockney rhyming slang for a light, a source of ignition, a match.
Fly: meaning cool, good, fun, etc. used mostly in the mid 90's, when the word "phat" was especially popular. (exp-"that dance was sooo fly")
Something that's really cool. "That movie was so fly."Â
Tights
Fly is slang for knowing, fully understanding another's meaning. Fly is British slang for a policeman.
Nellie Bly is London Cockney rhyming slang for a fly.
Fly by nights is London Cockney rhyming slang for tights.
Fly tipper is London Cockney rhyming slang for a child (nipper).
Fly food is British slang for dog's faceces.
On the fly is British slang for in a rush, having no time.
Smooth or slick.Hey, Eddie, did you see the hat-check girl Bernice? Man, she is "fly.".
Cly was old slang for money. Cly was old slang for a pocket.Cly was th century slang for to take. Cly was th century slang for to steal.
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adv.
Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
v. i.
A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
a.
Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
pref.
With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
v. i.
Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
v. i.
A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.
n.
Faith; as, by my fay.
pref.
Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
v. i.
A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
v. t.
To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.
adv.
Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
v. t.
To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.
v. i.
A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).
v. t.
To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
v. t.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
v. i.
Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
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