flyer

Etymology

fly + -er. With regard to the sense "female kangaroo": because of the high speed at which they move.

noun

1. That which flies, as a bird or insect.
2. A machine that flies.
3. (dated) An airplane pilot.
4. A person who travels by airplane.
5. A leaflet, often for advertising.
6. The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin
7. (architecture) An arch that connects a flying buttress into the structure it supports.
8. (acrobatics, cheerleading, synchronized swimming) A person who is lifted and/or thrown by another person or persons.
   Coordinate term: base
9. (firearms) A stray shot away from the group on a target.
10. A standard rectangular step of a staircase (as opposed to a winder).
11. A female kangaroo; a roo; a doe; a jill.
12. A leap or jump.
13. A risky investment or other venture.
14. (informal) A fast-moving person or thing.
    The new Waterloo–Exeter times of the S.R. flyer are 2hr 58min down and 1min more up, in less than 3hr, that is to say, in both directions, with the help of four runs timed at over a mile a minute. 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593
15. (sports) A false start

verb

1. (intransitive) To distribute flyers (leaflets).
   Neil McKinnon, the Fringe's head of external affairs, asks: Are you flyering in the right place at the right time? How are you flyering? Good flyering is about more than standing there handing out flyers to as many people as you can. 2012, Mark Fisher, quoting Neil McKinnon, The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide, A&C Black, page 156
2. (transitive) To distribute flyers in (a location) or to (recipients).