Definition of "flyaway" [fly•a•way]

• Made or worn loose or draped, as to allow or suggest fluttering in the wind: a flyaway coat; long, flyaway hair. (adjective)
• Prepared for immediate flight: a plane in flyaway condition. (adjective)
• Designed for air travel: flyaway bags. (adjective)
• Given to frivolity; flighty. (adjective)
• Sports An aerial gymnastic move performed on the parallel bars, rings, or other apparatus, especially a flying dismount with a somersault. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "So we're operating off a flyaway, which is a much smaller satellite dish."
• "The outermost one, called the flyaway, was being furled, though the sailor stretched out upon the stay beneath the bowsprit was drenched by each downward plunge of the schooner's bow."
• "She said no, and the president called her flyaway curls "a real fashion statement.""