Adjective
1. capable of or engaged in flight;
"the bat is a flying animal"2. moving swiftly;
"fast-flying planes""played the difficult passage with flying fingers"3. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air;
"ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her""flying banners""flags waving in the breeze"4. designed for swift movement or action;
"a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"5. of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation;
"a flying time of three hours between cities""unidentified flying objects"6. hurried and brief;
"paid a flying visit""took a flying glance at the book""a quick inspection""a fast visit"7. done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line;
"a flying start""crossed the goal line with a flying leap"