flier

1. 1
   noun

   Alternative form of flyer.

   As a seasoned flier, she breezed through airport security.

   The airline rewards its most loyal fliers with seat upgrades.

   Note

   The spelling choice is where this word earns its keep. In American usage flier is the more common form for anything that flies: a fast butterfly, a machine, an airline passenger, even the twisting part of a spinning machine. The leaflet is the exception, and there flyer is preferred even in the US. If you mean a handbill, write flyer; for a traveler, flier is safe.

2. 2
   verb

   Alternative form of flyer.

   The campaign team plans to flier every doorstep in the district.

   Activists flier downtown each weekend to promote the upcoming rally.

   Note

   A verb made from the leaflet, which is the one meaning where the noun itself prefers the spelling flyer. It works both with and without an object: you can flier a neighborhood, or simply go out fliering. The -er stays put through every form, so the past is fliered and the third-person singular is fliers, the same spelling as the plural noun.

3. 3
   adjectiveslang

   Comparative form of fly.

   Her dance moves got even flier after the summer workshop.

   The remix sounds flier than the original track ever did.

   Note

   A slang comparative built the regular way: fly takes the comparative -er and its y turns to i, so flier stands where "more fly" is the roundabout alternative. The fly behind it is the slang adjective for stylish, cool or good-looking, or, in a dated use, quick-witted. In speech it is identical to the noun for one who flies, which comes from the agent -er instead.

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