flighting
7.7
Short flights by birds or insects as they move
- noun
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vuelo
- We watched the flighting of butterflies as they moved from flower to flower.
Examples
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The sudden flighting of sparrows startled the children playing nearby.
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At dusk, the flighting of bats was visible against the evening sky.
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The bird's flighting was mesmerizing to watch.
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The flighting of the dragonflies was enchanting.
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The sudden flighting of sparrows startled the children playing nearby.
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We watched the flighting of butterflies as they moved from flower to flower.
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At dusk, the flighting of bats was visible against the evening sky.
Synonyms
flutter
vsflighting
11
2.7
A quick, light repeated movement, like wings or leaves
focuses on short flights or bursts, not just small repeated movements
fluttering
vsflighting
1
3.0
A quick, light movement up and down by wings or leaves
is discrete short flights or bursts rather than continuous flapping
How Continuous
Surface Forms
flighting singular
flightings plural
Morphology
Etymology
Flighting comes from flight, from fly meaning 'to move through the air'. So flighting describes the action of flying in short flights or bursts.