FLYER
What does "FLYER" mean?
A small printed sheet handed out or posted to advertise something.
Meanings
- A single printed leaflet distributed to promote an event, product, or cause. They stapled flyers for the concert to every lamppost.
- A person or thing that flies, such as an air passenger or a bird. Frequent flyers earn points toward free trips.
- A risky speculative venture or bet. He took a flyer on a tiny startup and it paid off. informal
Word origin
From the verb 'fly' (Old English 'fleogan') plus the agent suffix '-er'; the leaflet sense arose because such sheets were scattered or 'flown' through crowds.
Remember it
A FLYER is paper that seems to FLY from hand to hand - the word literally hides FLY.
A little poem
A thousand faces creased by wind and rain-
one stapled square nobody reads again.
couplet
Wordplay
- I handed out flyers for my skydiving club. Naturally, they were frequent flyers.
What it teaches
Most things you scatter to the wind land unread; aim a few, by hand, at the right person instead.
Quick facts
What does FLYER mean?
A small printed sheet handed out or posted to advertise something.
Is FLYER a valid word?
Yes — FLYER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FLYER?
FLYER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FLYER come from?
From the verb 'fly' (Old English 'fleogan') plus the agent suffix '-er'; the leaflet sense arose because such sheets were scattered or 'flown' through crowds.
What can FLYER teach us?
Most things you scatter to the wind land unread; aim a few, by hand, at the right person instead.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.