flyboy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From fly + boy.
Meanings
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(slang) An aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft.
Boom! The flyboys are gonna love us for that!
2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Storm:Big Al was back in town, and Cooper, the happy-go-lucky flyboy who was one of the Original Seven, was squashed.
1999 March 14, Eugene Cernan, Don Davis, The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space, 1st edition, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 227:
- (historical, slang) A man employed to clear the printed copies from the printing press.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flyboys | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fly-boy | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fr chevalier du ciel (aircraft pilot, especially of a military combat aircraft)