Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 37
Flickering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flicker.
Flicker (v. i.) To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. -- Dryden.
Flicker (v. i.) To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
The shadows flicker to fro. -- Tennyson.
Flicker (n.) The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
Flicker (n.) (Zool.) The golden-winged woodpecker ({Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. -- Thoureau.
Flicker (n.) A momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark, glint].
Flicker (n.) North American woodpecker.
Flicker (n.) The act of moving back and forth [syn: waver, flutter, flicker].
Flicker (v.) Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver].
Flicker (v.) Shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" [syn: flicker, flick].
Flicker (v.) Flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [syn: flicker, flick].
Flickeringly (adv.) In a flickering manner.
Flickermouse (n.) (Zool.) See Flittermouse.
Flidge (a.) Fledged; fledge. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Flidge (v. i.) To become fledged; to fledge. [Obs.]
Every day build their nests, every hour flidge. -- R. Greene.
Flier (v.) One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. -- Shak.
Flier (v.) (Mach.) A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).
Flier (n.) (Spinning) See Flyer, n., 5.
Flier (n.) (Arch.) See Flyer, n., 4.
Flier (n.) An a["e]roplane or flying machine.
Flier (n.) Someone who travels by air [syn: flier, flyer].
Flier (n.) Someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer].
Flier (n.) An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway].
Flight (n.) The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
Like the night owl's lazy flight. -- Shak.
Flight (n.) The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.
Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. -- Matt. xxiv. 20.
Fain by flight to save themselves. -- Shak.
Flight (n.) Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soaring; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
Could he have kept his spirit to that flight, He had been happy. -- Byron.
His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. -- Macaulay.
Flight (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows. -- Swift.
Swift flights of angels ministrant. -- Milton.
Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. -- Shak.
Flight (n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. -- Parker.
Flight
(n.) A
kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
[Obs.]
Challenged Cupid at the flight. -- Shak.
Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. -- Beau. & Fl.
Flight (n.) The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Flight (n.) A trip made by or in a flying vehicle, as an airplane, spacecraft, or aeronautical balloon.
Flight (n.) A scheduled flight [8] on a commercial airline; as, the next flight leaves at 8 o'clock.
Flight feathers (Zool.), The wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See Bird.
To put to flight, To turn to flight, to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout.
To take a flight [9], To make a trip in an airplane, especially a scheduled flight [9].
Syn: Pair; set. See Pair.
Flight (n.) A formation of aircraft in flight.
Flight (n.) An instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him" [syn: flight, flying].
Flight (n.) A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next [syn: flight, flight of stairs, flight of steps].
Flight (n.) The act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" [syn: escape, flight].
Flight (n.) An air force unit smaller than a squadron.
Flight (n.) Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination".
Flight (n.) The path followed by an object moving through space [syn: trajectory, flight].
Flight (n.) A flock of flying birds.
Flight (n.) A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago."
Flight (v.) Shoot a bird in flight.
Flight (v.) Fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese".
Flight (v.) Decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" [syn: fledge, flight].
FLIGHT, () crim. law. The evading the course of justice, by a man's voluntarily withdrawing himself. 4 Bl. Com. 387. Vide Fugitive from justice.
Flighted (a.) Taking flight; flying; -- used in composition.
Flighted (a.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.
Flighter (n.) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor.
Flightily (adv.) In a flighty manner.
Flightiness (n.) The state or quality of being flighty.
Flight-shot (n.) The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile.
Flighty (a.) Fleeting; swift; transient.
Flighty (a.) Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disordered fancies and extravagant conduct; volatile; giddy; eccentric; slighty delirious.
Flimflam (n.) A freak; a trick; a lie.
Flimsily (adv.) In a flimsy manner.
Flimsiness (n.) The state or quality of being flimsy.
Flimsy (a.) 脆弱的；易損壞的；輕薄的；（藉口、辯解等）淺薄的，不周密的 Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection.
Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. -- Pope.
All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. -- Sheridan.
Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
Flimsy (n.) 薄紙；複寫紙；打字紙 [C] Thin or transfer paper.
Flimsy (n.) A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]
Flimsy (a.) Lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction."
Flimsy (a.) Not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile" [syn: unconvincing, flimsy] [ant: convincing].
Flimsy (a.) Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin].
Flimsy (n.) A thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies [syn: onionskin, flimsy].
Flinched (imp. & p. p.) of Flinch
Flinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flinch
Flinch (v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat.
Flinch (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
Flinch (n.) The act of flinching.
Flincher (n.) One who flinches or fails.
Flinchingly (adv.) In a flinching manner.
Flindermouse (n.) A bat; a flittermouse.
Flinders (n. pl.) Small pieces or splinters; fragments.
Flung (imp. & p. p.) of Fling.
Flinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fling.
Fling (v. t.) （用力地）扔，擲，拋，丟 [O]；使突然陷入 [（+into）] To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings, Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings. -- Dryden.
He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. -- Dryden.
I know thy generous temper well.
Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire. -- Addison.
Fling (v. t.) To shed forth; to emit; to scatter.
The sun begins to fling His flaring beams. -- Milton.
Every beam new transient colors flings. -- Pope.
Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation.
His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him. -- Walpole.
To fling about, To throw on all sides; to scatter.
To fling away, To reject; to discard.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. -- Shak.
To fling down. (a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a challenge.
This question so flung down before the guests, . . . Was handed over by consent of all To me who had not spoken. -- Tennyson.
To fling down. (b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.
To fling in, To throw in; not to charge in an account; as, in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or a few days' work.
To fling off, To baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey; also, to get rid of. -- Addison.
To fling open, To throw open; to open suddenly or with violence; as, to fling open a door.
To fling out, To utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.
To fling up, To relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a design.
Fling (v. i.) 猛衝，直奔；急行 [Q]；（馬等）亂踢 [（+out）] To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.
Fling (v. i.) To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.
Fling (v. i.) To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste.
And crop-full, out of doors he flings. -- Milton.
I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath. -- Mrs. Browning.
To fling out, To become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.
Fling (n.) 扔，擲，拋 [C]；（手，腳等的）揮動 [C] A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.
Fling (n.) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house and king. -- Swift.
Fling (n.) A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.
Fling (n.) A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.]
England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing. -- Old Proverb.
Fling (n.) A short period during which one indulges one's wishes, whims, or desires in an unrestrained manner.
Fling (n.) A love affair.
Fling (n.) A casual or brief attempt to accomplish something. [informal].
Syn: shot.
Fling (n.) A period during which one tries a new activity; as, he took a fling at playing tennis.
To have one's fling, To enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. -- J. H. Newman. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure." -- D. Jerrold.
Fling (n.) A usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer].
Fling (n.) A brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree, fling].
Fling (n.) The act of flinging.
Fling (v.) Throw with force or recklessness; "fling the Frisbee."
Fling (v.) Move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa."
Fling (v.) Indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV" [syn: splurge, fling].
Fling (v.) Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away].
Flingdust (n.) One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner.
Flinger (n.) One who flings; one who jeers.
Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.
Flint-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted.
Flintiness (n.) The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty.
Flintlock (n.) A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on striking the steel ignites the priming.
Flintlock (n.) A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.
Flintware (n.) A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely.
Flintwood (n.) An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis.
Flinty (a.) Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
Flinty rock, or Flinty state, A siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See Basanite.
Flinty (a.) Containing flint.
Flinty (a.) Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony].
Flip (n.) A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
Flip dog, An iron used, when heated, to warm flip.
Flipped (imp. & p. p.) of Flip.
Flipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flip.
Flip (v. t.) （為作出決定而）擲（硬幣） To toss (an object) into the air so as make it turn over one or more times; to fillip; as, to flip up a cent.
As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones. -- W. Browne.
Flip (v. t.) 使翻轉 [（+over）] To turn (a flat object) over with a quick motion; as, to flip a card over; to flip a pancake.
Flip (v. t.) To cause (a person) to turn against former colleagues, such as to become a witness for the state, in a criminal prosecution in which the person is a defendant. [cant]
Flip (v. t.) (Finance) To resell (an asset) rapidly to make a quick profit. [cant]
Flip (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Flipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping.] 【美】【俚】（因激動，憤怒等）失去自我控制；變得狂熱 To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.
Flip (a.) 無禮的 Marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior" [syn: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip].
Flip (n.) 突然的動作；（跳水或體操時的）空翻 An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting, flip].
Flip (n.) Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg.
Flip (n.) A sudden, quick movement; "with a flip of the wrist"; "the fish flipped over."
Flip (n.) The act of flipping a coin [syn: flip, toss].
Flip (n.) A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water.
Flip (n.) (Sports) The act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss, flip].
Flip (v.) (v. i.) 擲硬幣（以作決定）Lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip, toss].
Flip (v.) Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw, flip, switch].
Flip (v.) (v. i.) 瀏覽；很快地翻書 Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn: flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff].
Flip (v.) Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air [syn: flip, twitch].
Flip (v.) Cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" [syn: flip, flick].
Flip (v.) Throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch].
Flip (v.) Move with a flick or light motion.
Flip (v.) Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes" [syn: flip, flip over, turn over].
Flip (v.) React in an excited, delighted, or surprised way; "he flipped when he heard that he was accepted into Princeton University" [syn: flip, flip out].
Flip (v.) Go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off" [syn: flip, flip out].
Flip (v.) Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop].
FLIP, () An early assembly language on the G-15.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
FLIP, () ["FLIP User's Manual",
G. Kahn, TR 5, INRIA 1981].
FLIP, () Formal LIst Processor.
An early language for pattern-matching on Lisp structures, similar to CONVERT.
["FLIP, A Format List Processor", W. Teitelman, Memo MAC-M-263, MIT 1966].
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Flipe (v. t.) To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on. [Scot.]
Flip-flap (n.) The repeated stroke of something long and loose. -- Johnson.
Flip-flap (adv.) With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose. -- Ash.
Flip-flap (adv.) With repeated strokes and noise; "something going flip-flap in the night".
Flippancy (n.) The state or quality of being flippant.
This flippancy of language. -- Bp. Hurd.
Flippancy (n.) Inappropriate levity; "her mood changed and she was all lightness and joy" [syn: flippancy, light-mindedness].
Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. -- Barrow.
Flippant (a.) Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogues." -- Thomson.
To put flippant scorn to the blush. -- I. Taylor.
A sort of flippant, vain discourse. -- Burke.
Flippant (n.) A flippant person. [R.] -- Tennyson.
Flippant (a.) Showing inappropriate levity [syn: flippant, light-minded].
Flippantly (adv.) In a flippant manner.
Flippantness (n.) State or quality of being flippant.
Flipper (n.) (Zool.) A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.
Flipper (n.) (Naut.) The hand. [Slang]
Flippers (n.) flipper [By analogy with flipper [W13(1)], the limb of an aquatic animal used for locomotion].
A type of shoe with a paddle-like front extending well beyond the end of the toe, used an aid in swimming (especially
underwater).
Note: They are typically of rubber-like material, and are not worn when walking on land.
Syn: fin, fins.
Flipper (n.) A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater) [syn: flipper, fin].
Flipper (n.) The flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming.
Flirted (imp. & p. p.) of Flirt.
Flirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flirt.
Flirt (v. t.) To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.
Flirt (v. t.) To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.
Flirt (v. t.) To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [Obs.]
I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. -- Beau. & Fl.
Flirt (v. i.) To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.
Flirt (v. i.) To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Flirt (n.) A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.
Several little flirts and vibrations. -- Addison.
With many a flirt and flutter. -- E. A. Poe.
Flirt (n.) One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.
Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. -- Addison.
Flirt (a.) Pert; wanton. [Obs.]
Flirt (n.) A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser].
Flirt (n.) Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying].
Flirt (v.) Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash].
Flirt (v.) Behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play, flirt].
Flirtation (n.) Playing at courtship; coquetry.
The flirtations and jealousies of our ball rooms. -- Macaulay.
Flirtation (n.) Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying].
Flirt-gill (n.) A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt. [Obs.] -- Shak.
You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill. -- Beau. & Fl.
Flirtigig (n.) A wanton, pert girl. [Obs.]
Flirtingly (adv.) In a flirting manner.
Flisk (v. i.) To frisk; to skip; to caper. [Obs. Scot.] "The flisking flies." -- Gosson.
Flisk (n.) A caper; a spring; a whim. [Scot.]
Flitted (imp. & p. p.) of Flit.