[flʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings
(e.g: close the door or the moths will fly in)

- move or be hurled quickly through the air
(e.g: balls kept flying over her hedge)

- wave or flutter in the wind
(e.g: she ran after him, her hair flying behind her)

- go or move quickly
(e.g: she flew along the path)

- be successful
(e.g: that idea didn't fly with most other council members)


Phrases:
- fly a kite
- fly high
- fly in the face of
- fly into a rage
- fly off the handle
- fly the coop
- fly the nest
- go fly a kite
- on the fly

Origin:
Old English flēogan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vliegen and German fliegen, also to fly

[flʌɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an opening at the crotch of a pair of trousers, closed with a zip or buttons and typically covered with a flap

- the space over the stage in a theatre


- a one-horse hackney carriage

- an attempt
(e.g: we decided to give it a fly)


Phrases:
- fly a kite
- fly high
- fly in the face of
- fly into a rage
- fly off the handle
- fly the coop
- fly the nest
- go fly a kite
- on the fly

Origin:
Old English flēogan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vliegen and German fliegen, also to fly

[flʌɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a flying insect of a large order characterized by a single pair of transparent wings and sucking (and often also piercing) mouthparts. Flies are of great importance as vectors of disease


Phrases:
- a fly in the ointment
- drink with the flies
- drop like flies
- fly on the wall
- like a blue-arsed fly
- no flies on —
- wouldn't hurt a fly
- you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

Origin:
Old English flȳge, flēoge, denoting any winged insect, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieg and German Fliege, also to fly

[flʌɪ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- knowing and clever
(e.g: she's fly enough not to get tricked out of it)

- fashionably attractive and impressive
(e.g: a fly dude)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century: of unknown origin