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flightý n. 1 escape, retreat, departure, exit, exodus, getaway,
fleeing, bolting, Slang split: Mohammed's flight from Mecca to
Medina in 622 is called a 'hegira'. 2 put to flight. chase or
drive (off or away), disperse, send off or away, send packing,
dismiss, rout, stampede: They put the Saracens to flight in a
decisive battle. 3 take flight. flee, go or run away or off,
abscond, desert, depart, (beat a) retreat, exit, bolt, decamp,
withdraw, take to one's heels, show a clean pair of heels,
Colloq light out, shove off, Brit scarper, US take a (run-out)
powder, take it on the lam, lam out; Slang split, Brit do a
bunk, do a moonlight flit, bugger off: The constable blew his
whistle and the thief took flight.
flighty adj. 1 fickle, frivolous, inconstant, capricious, fanciful,
changeable, variable, mercurial, skittish, volatile, unstable,
unsteady, giddy, wild: These flighty girls never stay in a job
more than a month. 2 irresponsible, light-headed,
rattle-brained, silly, hare-brained, dizzy, crazy, mad,
reckless, thoughtless, Colloq nutty, screwy, dotty, dippy: It
was flighty of Caroline to pour the brandy into the well.
flimsy adj. 1 slight, frail, weak, insubstantial or unsubstantial,
feeble, makeshift, fragile, frangible, breakable, rickety,
ramshackle, dilapidated, jerry-built, gimcrack, slight,
delicate: That flimsy ladder will never support me. He lives in
a flimsy shack near the railway. 2 slight, trivial, paltry,
feeble, unconvincing, weak, makeshift, implausible,
unbelievable, unsatisfactory, insubstantial or unsubstantial,
poor, inadequate: Her flimsy excuse was that she had a
headache. 3 sheer, light, gauzy, transparent, thin, filmy,
diaphanous, gossamer, delicate: She was wearing a flimsy pink
blouse.
flinch v. wince, draw back, withdraw, cower, cringe, recoil, start,
quail, blench, shrink (from), shy (away) (from), dodge, duck:
Each time he raised the whip, I flinched.
fling v. 1 toss, pitch, throw, cast, hurl, heave, sling, propel,
fire, let fly, send, Colloq lob, chuck: The smugglers had flung
the contraband into the sea.
--n. 2 indulgence, debauch, binge, spree, party, Colloq
blow-off: This will be my last fling before going into the