flighting Definition

flight¹
noun

1. The art or the act of flying with wings or in an aeroplane or other vehicle.

Thesaurus: flying, soaring, winging, gliding, aviation.
2. The movement of eg a vehicle, bird or projectile through the air, supported by aerodynamic forces.
3. A flock of birds flying together.
4. A regular air journey, numbered and at a fixed time, made by an aircraft.
5. A journey of a spacecraft.
6. A group of aircraft involved in a joint mission.
7. A set of steps or stairs leading straight up or down.

Example: a flight of stairs
8. A feather or something similar attached to the end of a dart or arrow.

verb flighted, flighting

1. sport.
To impart a deceptive trajectory or a deceptively slow speed to (eg, a cricket ball).
2. To shoot (a bird) in flight.

Idiom: a flight of fancy

sometimes derog
A free use of the imagination.

Idiom: in the first flight (in the top flight)

In the highest class.

Idiom: in flight

Flying.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon flyht.