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Definition of Flypast
1. Noun. A flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.
Generic synonyms: Flight, Flying
Category relationships: Aircraft, Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Definition of Flypast
1. Noun. (British) A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (American English) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flypast
1. a flyby [n -S] - See also: flyby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flypast
Literary usage of Flypast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"They commenced to flypast the bird one after the other, each pecking at a certain
point on the string as he passed, until it was cut in two, ..."
2. The Fortnightly Review (1880)
"... •where books and plays, dreams and poems, driven down a wind of oblivion, are
like the leaves which November sweeps away, and flypast, without giving us ..."
3. The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period by John Dowson, Henry Miers Elliot (1873)
"... and placed large cannon on the bastions of the fort, and kept up such constant
volleys of stones, that a bird would have found it impossible to flypast. ..."
4. Maori Lore: The Traditions of the Maori People, with the More Important of by George Grey (1904)
"exclaimed the demon, " Who is this that dares to flypast Hikurangi?" But Pou-ranga-hua
had too much discretion to stay to answer such an inquiry. ..."
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