fly
- adjective
- /flaɪ/
- Slang
- She showed up to the party in a very fly dress that caught everyone's attention.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it wasn't just, oh, that TV show was fly or you on that dope TV show.
- And it wasn't just, oh, that TV show was fly or you on that dope TV show.
- Now guys are looking so fly together.
- And and still to be young and you know, yeah, keeping it fly.
- He was rocking the rugby shirts and just he just he just fly with it and solid, real with it solid.
- You know, I like to do fly cool, like I bank on cool.
- Best line thou flyest thou shag it, villain?
Examples
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Yeah, he's got like this fly hair and cool grill.
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Now guys are looking so fly together.
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I am feeling so fly up in the zone.
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We both look so fly like sweet apple pie.
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The Pope in this like, really fly big white jacket.
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And she looks so fly in those goochish lights.
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I put on the flyest suit ever, went to the party and ran into my favorite director and had a conversation with him.
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And it wasn't just, oh, that TV show was fly or you on that dope TV show.
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Mid tone blushing is everything fly, the hot pink blush.
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Hey, that's, that's fly Favorite restaurant that don't serve coleslaw restaurant.
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Compounds
- Offensive
Not reliable and likely to disappear quickly, often for dishonest reasons
A small bright green beetle from southern Europe that makes a liquid causing blisters
- Jargon
A caught fly ball that lets a player on base score while it puts the batter out
- South African
A large African fly that bites people and animals and causes sleeping sickness
A large fly with a shiny blue-green body that lays eggs on dead animals and in wounds
- Specialized
The use of a special rod and line to throw a small fake fly into water to catch fish
A poisonous mushroom with a bright red cap covered in white dots that grows in forests
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew work with ropes and equipment
- Specialized
A winged insect that lives near streams and whose young live under stones in water
A small delicate insect with thin net-like wings whose young eat garden pests like aphids
A small insect with wings like a moth whose larvae live in water and build cases from sand and plants
A long thin fly with very long legs that looks like a large mosquito but does not bite
- Specialized
A South American herb with blue and white flowers and a papery round fruit
- Jargon
A fishing lure with long wings that extend past the hook to look like a small fish
An insect that eats insects, with a long beak and antennae, whose males have a curved tail like a scorpion
- Specialized
A hairy fly like a bee whose young insects make lumps under the skin of cows
- Specialized
A large fast fly that catches other insects in the air and drinks their juices
- US
A pale green fly that gives off a bad smell and whose young eat insects that harm plants
- Specialized
A small open deck above the ship's control room for steering and a better view
A winged insect like a dragonfly whose young dig small cone-shaped pits in sand to trap ants and other insects
A small insect like a moth whose young live in water and build protective cases from stones and plants
A small moth-like insect whose young live in water and build cases from pebbles and plants
A small moth-like insect whose young live in water and build cases from sand and plants
- Specialized
A very small wasp that lays eggs in other insects' eggs or young and helps control pests
- Specialized
A fever people can catch from ticks, flies, or touching infected wild animals like rabbits
- Specialized
Large insect with a soft body and long jaws whose young live in water and are used as fishing bait
- Specialized
A North American bush with pale yellow flowers and berries eaten by birds
A small shrub with pairs of yellowish-white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens
A North American bush that loses its leaves in winter and has upright stems and pale yellow flowers
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew use ropes to move scenery above it
A large tropical insect with bright colors and a long snout, once thought to give light
- Specialized
A slender insect with long legs that hangs from plants to catch other small insects
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fly meaning 'stylish' is modern slang that came to mean 'cool' or well dressed, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of someone who stands out like a bird in flight, so being fly means looking very fashionable.