flyaway
fluttering or streaming in the wind; windblown: flyaway hair.
flighty; frivolous; giddy.
ready for flight: flyaway aircraft.
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How to use flyaway in a sentence
TRESemmeThis award-winning device has been designed for speed with technology that minimizes flyaways.
How to choose the best hair dryer for sleek salon-style locks | Florie Korani | July 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThere was not a single flyaway in sight, and her hair didn’t budge.
She used Gorilla Glue as hairspray. After 15 washes and a trip to the ER, it still won’t budge. | Lateshia Beachum | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostPoor little flyaway was lifted out of the shawl, and kissed over and over again.
Dotty Dimple At Home | Sophie MayThe flyaway locks were indeed braided together, but the heavy braid was rough and uneven.
Three Margarets | Laura E. Richardsflyaway thrust her hand into her wet pocket to make sure the wee vial of white dots was still there.
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway | Sophie May
"Guess they's eatin' dinner in here," decided flyaway, after looking about for a few seconds.
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway | Sophie MayA fly, buzzing in from out doors, had long been trying to settle on flyaway's restless nose.
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway | Sophie May
British Dictionary definitions for flyaway
/ (ˈflaɪəˌweɪ) /
(of hair or clothing) loose and fluttering
frivolous or flighty; giddy
a person who is frivolous or flighty
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