Reverse Dictionary: FLYING (aircraft)

ADJECTIVES
► AIR-MINDED enthusiastic over aviation → 1934 sl. (Bk.)
► ON THE CARPET at ground level, or very near it → 1918 Royal Air Force sl.
► UPSTAIRS in flight → World War I Amer. sl.

NOUNS
► BRADSHAW following a railway line in flying → 1946 Royal Air Force sl.
► BUZZ JOB an instance of flying very low so as to frighten or impress persons on the ground → 1943 Amer. aviation usage
► FLAT-HATTING flying an airplane low and recklessly → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► SNEAKY PETE an unannounced in-flight examination by a crew that boards the plane just before take-off → 1963 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► AIR HOG one who flies at every opportunity → World War II Amer. sl.
► BARNSTORMER an itinerant flyer who appears at fairs and racetracks putting on flying and aerobatic displays → 1928 US
► FISH a man who is afraid to fly in an airplane → Amer. World War I sl.
► WHITE-KNUCKLER a person with an extreme fear of flying; a tense or anxious person → 1972 colloq.

VERBS
► AERO to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► AEROPLANE to fly or travel in an aeroplane → 1906
► AVIATE to navigate the air in an aeroplane; to fly → 1900
► AVIGATE to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BUILD A WOODEN HORSE to make an imperfect landing → World War II Amer. sl.
► BUS A TOWN to fly low near a town → World War II Amer. sl.
► BUZZ to fly a plane very low over a building, field, etc→ .1944 Amer. sl.
► CRAB THE WIND of aircraft: to fly side-wise → 1934 sl. (Bk.)
► FLY CHINESE to fly an airplane without being able to maintain horizontal stability → 1941 Amer. aviation jocular
► FLY WITH ONE’S ASS of an aviator: to fly by relying on luck and one’s own experience, rather than on charts or instruments → 1977 Amer. sl.
► GO ALOFT to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GO FOR A FLY to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GO UPSTAIRS to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOP to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOP A PLANE to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JOYHOP to take a flight for pleasure → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LINDY to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LINDY-HOP to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PLANE to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PLANE-HOP to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► RIDE THE SKIES to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SKY to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPLITASS to do stunt flying; to fly in a reckless manner → Amer. World War I sl.
► TAKE A HOP to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKE THE AIR to travel in an airplane → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)