Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying visit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: fly-ing vis-it
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very short visit.

Example Sentences

"My favorite novelist was on a flying visit to London last week for a book signing."
"Rishi Sunak is not interested in the climate emergency – and everyone knows it. Forced to make a flying visit to Cop27, Mr Sunak’s intransigence made him an outcast at the UN summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt."
"COVID seems to have increased traffic to such locations, as 'staycations' have become more popular. But for me, it's a flying visit. I am merely changing trains to continue along the coast to Hastings, aboard another Southern Class 377."

Inflected Forms

flying visits (plural)

Synonyms

whistle-stop

Questions

What does flying visit mean?: A very short visit.

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