fly
- adjective
- /flaɪ/
- Slang
- She showed up to the party in a very fly dress that caught everyone's attention.
And 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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- Jargon
A caught fly ball that lets a player on base score while it puts the batter out
- Offensive
Not reliable and likely to disappear quickly, often for dishonest reasons
- 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
A small bright green beetle from southern Europe that makes a liquid causing blisters
- Specialized
The use of a special rod and line to throw a small fake fly into water to catch fish
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 insect with wings like a moth whose larvae live in water and build cases from sand 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
A long thin fly with very long legs that looks like a large mosquito but does not bite
- 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 winged insect like a dragonfly whose young dig small cone-shaped pits in sand to trap ants and other insects
A small shrub with pairs of yellowish-white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens
A poisonous mushroom with a bright red cap covered in white dots that grows in forests
A North American bush that loses its leaves in winter and has upright stems and pale yellow flowers
- Specialized
A small open deck above the ship's control room for steering and a better view
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew use ropes to move scenery above it
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew work with ropes and equipment
A small delicate insect with thin net-like wings whose young eat garden pests like aphids
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
- Specialized
A wasp-like insect that lays eggs inside caterpillars so the young eat them
- Specialized
A large fast fly that catches other insects in the air and drinks their juices
- Offensive
A very revealing outfit that draws attention to the wearer's crotch area
An insect that eats insects, with a long beak and antennae, whose males have a curved tail like a scorpion
How Stylish
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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.