flight
verb/flaɪt/
/flaɪt/
[usually passive] (British English, sport)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they flight | /flaɪt/ /flaɪt/ |
| he / she / it flights | /flaɪts/ /flaɪts/ |
| past simple flighted | /ˈflaɪtɪd/ /ˈflaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle flighted | /ˈflaɪtɪd/ /ˈflaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form flighting | /ˈflaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈflaɪtɪŋ/ |
- flight something to kick, hit or throw a ball through the air with skill
- He equalized with a beautifully flighted shot.
Word OriginOld English flyht ‘action or manner of flying’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlucht and fly (verb). This was probably merged in Middle English with an unrecorded Old English word related to German Flucht and to flee, which is represented by sense 6 of the noun.
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