flyer
pronunciation
How to pronounce flyer in British English:
UK [ˈflaɪə(r)]
How to pronounce flyer in American English:
US [ˈflaɪɚ]
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- Noun:
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
- someone who travels by air
- someone who operates an aircraft
Word Origin
- flyer (n.)
- also flier, mid-15c., "that which flies, thing or creature that flies," agent noun of fly (v.1). Meaning "something that goes fast" is from 1795. Meaning "speculative investment, financial venture" is from 1846 (on the notion of a "flying leap"). Meaning "small handbill or fly-sheet" is from 1889, U.S. slang (originally especially of police bulletins), on notion of "made to be scattered broadcast." Meaning "aviator" (1916) developed in World War I. Related: Fliers; flyers.
Example
- 1. One could dismiss the paper as a campaign flyer unworthy of analysis .
- 2. Five months later woman 5233 was identified from a flyer by a police officer as anna duval .
- 3. One day this past october , a new yorker named jeff ragsdale , recently dumped and down on his luck , taped a flyer around manhattan .
- 4. And I might leave a pizza flyer in your front door to see how long it takes you to remove it .
- 5. This approach has multiple virtues . Voters are more likely to respond to a friend 's political urgings than to a television advertisement or a flyer , according to mr obama 's strategists .