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fly·a·way

(flī′ə-wā′)

adj.

1. Made or worn loose or draped, as to allow or suggest fluttering in the wind: a flyaway coat.

a. Prepared for immediate flight: a plane in flyaway condition.

b. Designed for air travel: flyaway bags.

3. Given to frivolity; flighty.

n. Sports

1. An aerial gymnastic move performed on the parallel bars, rings, or other apparatus, especially a flying dismount with a somersault.

2. flyaways Strands of hair that stand out unmanageably from the head.

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flyaway

(ˈflaɪəˌweɪ)

adj

1. (of hair or clothing) loose and fluttering

2. frivolous or flighty; giddy

a person who is frivolous or flighty

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fly•a•way

(ˈflaɪ əˌweɪ)

adj.

1. fluttering or streaming in the wind; windblown: flyaway hair.

2. ready for flight: flyaway aircraft.

[1765–75]

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Adj.	1.	flyaway - guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls" flighty, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
	2.	flyaway - (of hair or clothing) worn loose; "her flyaway hair"; "a flyaway coat" loose - not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"

Translations

svolazzante [di capelli]

flyaway

[ˈflaɪəweɪ] ADJ

1. [hair] → suelto, lacio

2. (= frivolous) → frívolo

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