fast-flying
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3.7
- adjective
- /fæstˈflaɪɪŋ/
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- In the summer, I enjoy watching fast-flying birds as they dart above the lake.
Examples
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The fast-flying drone captured stunning aerial footage of the landscape.
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This fat, shaggy, fast-flying bee carries pollen back to the nest on its fuzzy hind legs, she says, and can be heard buzz-pollinating blueberries.
Academic text (1994) -
Will you teach me how to be a fast-flying fairy?
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I am a fast-flying fairy, a true rare talent.
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Fat, shaggy, and fast-flying; it can pollinate in rainy, cool weather.
Academic text (1994) -
It seems to me that your fast-flying talent is well-suited to chasing down each and every one of the thistles.
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It's hard not to love Hydroptere, Alain Thebault's sizzling fast flying tri.
Blog text (7) -
The fast-flying peregrine falcon can dive at speeds over 200 miles per hour.
Synonyms
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1.0
Moving or happening quickly
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1.3
Happening very quickly
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1.0
Able to move fast and lightly
100
3.2
Able to work or move much faster than normal
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6.5
Moving very fast as if able to fly
Moving very quickly
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
fast-flying = fast + flying (transparent) = fast + flying
A direct compound of 'fast' + 'flying' with the literal meaning 'moving quickly while flying', easily inferred from the parts.
Etymology
Fast-flying joins fast meaning 'quick' and fly meaning 'to move through the air', so it is a simple compound that pictures something moving quickly in the sky. That's why we use it for birds, insects, jets, or anything that travels very fast while flying.