Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flight over a specific location, usually at low altitude, as by a formation of military aircraft.
- noun Chiefly British An overpass, as on a highway.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Brit. the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; called in the United States an
overpass . - noun a low-altitude flight (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A low-level
flight , especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; aflypast (UK ) - noun UK A
road that passes over another; anoverpass (US)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground
- noun bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
Etymologies
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Examples
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And what he calls flyover country is what Sarah Palin calls real America.
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Do your really think the folks in flyover country are going to be impressed with your attempts to appease your buddies in New England?
Obama goes to health-care battlefront with N.H. town hall 2009
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Good luck - a lot of us in flyover country (I'm not that far from McGreggor) are rooting and pulling for you.
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Out here in flyover country (heh) renting is mostly for the poor, students, and young people just entering the job market.
Matthew Yglesias » The High Cost of Subsidized Homeownership 2010
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Out here in flyover country the local Wally is about our only option other than a long drive.
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Is this how New Yorkers view culture in "flyover country?"
'Good Wife' Mocks Steppenwolf Theater Company (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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All of us in flyover country and industry believed you would set a standard and example that recapture, recreate, and foster the can-do spirit that was the hallmark of NASA during and through the halcyon days of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.
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I live in flyover country -- East Central Redneckistan, to be precise -- and I am stuck dealing with Multiplex A or Multiplex B.
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What do those rubes in flyover country know anyway?
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Out here in flyover country the local Wally is about our only option other than a long drive.
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