flying machine

noun

: an apparatus for navigating the air

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Yuba County supervisors last week voted to allow ultralight planes to fly from the Yuba County Airport, ending what amounted to a yearslong ban of the recreational flying machines that prompted a formal complaint to the Federal Aviation Administration. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 14 Dec. 2025 Somehow, we got used to the idea of unmanned flying machines that can rain down death. Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025 The shift keeps players on their toes, but the vehicle transformations—which transform the karts into flying machines, and aquatic rides, depending on the map—add a new hook to the gameplay. Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025 In the future, these miniature flying machines could navigate collapsed buildings after earthquakes and help locate survivors in places larger robots cannot reach. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025 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 21 Dec. 2025.

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