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flyover
[ flahy-oh-ver ]
noun
- a formation of aircraft in flight for observation from the ground, especially a prearranged, low-altitude flight over a public gathering.
- a flight over a simulated target by a bomber or bombing planes.
- a flight over a specified area, as for viewing:
We booked a one-hour flyover of the Grand Canyon.
- the action of passing or flying overhead:
rumors of another UFO flyover.
- British. an overhead crossing, especially a highway overpass.
adjective
- Informal: Usually Disparaging. noting a state or region of the United States between the East and West Coasts that is not typically considered to be a tourist destination and is flown over during transcontinental flights:
You know, some of the most prestigious universities are located in flyover country, so try not to be such an East Coast snob.
flyover
/ ˈflaɪˌəʊvə /
noun
- Also calledoverpass
- an intersection of two roads at which one is carried over the other by a bridge
- such a bridge
- the US name for fly-past
Word History and Origins
Origin of flyover1
Example Sentences
Three pictures scan the interiors of parking garages, another a parking lot and the last a highway framed by flyover ramps.
One study used gravitational readings and the other microwave data from Juno’s Microwave Radiometer instrument during recent flyovers of the storm.
A flyover will take place over the cemetery during the procession.
This bridge, however, doesn’t span a stream or send pedestrians along a flyover.
In the late 1960s, late NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle introduced flyovers and mandated that players stand with their helmets tucked under their left arms and right hands over their hearts.
There will be prayers, a moment of silence, bagpipes and a military flyover.
Wall Street has botched another initial public offering of a flyover-country food company.
The next time you see an initial public offering from a food company based in flyover country, tell your broker you want in.
Great Plains By Ian Frazier In a journey of 25,000 miles, Frazier makes flyover country a magical place.
But, like turn-by-turn navigation, Flyover will run only on the 4S and newer iPads.
She could only see half a mile south, because Flyover Point blocked the view.
High in the thickening sky wild ducks passed over Flyover Point and dropped into the sheltered marshes among the cypress.
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