flying machine

noun

: an apparatus for navigating the air

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Kent Nishimura/Getty Images As the mystery grows around the drones flying over New Jersey, so do the calls from puzzled residents to authorities about the flying machines. Emma Bowman, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024 Despite the present panic over drones in New Jersey and elsewhere, the little flying machines do have value (like the New Year’s celebrations in Central and Prospect Parks) and New York City needs to rethink its rules about who can operate them and where. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024 Leonardo da Vinci envisioned a flying machine long before airplanes took to the skies, illustrating humanity’s enduring desire to turn dreams into tools that reshape the physical world. Gerui Wang, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024 From early renderings of flying machines to anatomical drawings of the circulatory system, da Vinci never stopped learning, even if the world wasn’t quite ready for his observations. Hunter Ingram For Variety, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flying machine 

Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flying machine was in 1736

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“Flying machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20machine. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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