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Highflying — High fly ing, a. 1. Extravagant in opinions or ambition. Highflying, arbitrary kings. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Flying at a high altitude; of airplanes. [PJC] 3. Having an excessively high cost or perceived value; temporarily very successful; of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
highflying — adjective 1. moving upward or along at a considerable height some highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it • Similar to: ↑ascending 2. extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions they did not understand what had happend… … Useful english dictionary
highflying — high′fly′ing or high′ fly′ing adj. 1) extravagant or extreme in aims, opinions, etc.; unduly lofty: highflying ambitions[/ex] 2) cvb having a high cost or perceived value: highflying glamour stocks[/ex] • Etymology: 1575–85 … From formal English to slang
highflying — adjective Characteristic of a highflier … Wiktionary
Iranian Highflying Tumbler — The Iranian Highflying Tumbler is a breed of domestic pigeon bred in Iran for endurance flying competitions. The tumbling is nothing like a Birmingham Roller, just a flip, occasionally hovering before it does the flip. The best birds tend to rise … Wikipedia
high|fly|ing — «HY FLY ihng», adjective. 1. that flies high: »a highflying bird. 2. Figurative. extravagant or pretentious. 3. rapidly developing and increasing in value: »highflying technology industry; once highflying financial houses crumbled. 4. very active … Useful english dictionary
Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion — Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) ist eine mexikanische Wrestling Liga, die von Antonio Peña gegründet wurde. In Anspielung auf ihren Besitzer wird die Liga auch häufig als Promociones Antonio Peña (PAP) bezeichnet. Geschichte AAA wurde… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Asistencia Asesoría y Administración — Form Promotion Gründungsdatum 1992 Standort Mexico City Territorien … Deutsch Wikipedia
Dot-com bubble — The dot com bubble (also referred to as the Internet bubble and the Information Technology Bubble[1]) was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 (with a climax on March 10, 2000, with the NASDAQ peaking at 5132.52 in intraday trading… … Wikipedia
Pigeon sport — There are at least four main types of competitive pigeon sport:* Pigeon racing * Tumbling * Highflying * Tippler (Endurance)Though not quite a sport, fancy breeds of pigeons are also bred to standards and judged in a competitive fashion. Levi in… … Wikipedia
