flight definition

1. a formation of aircraft in flight
2. an instance of traveling by air
• examples: flying was still an exciting adventure for him
3. a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
4. an air force unit smaller than a squadron
5. passing above and beyond ordinary bounds
• examples: a flight of fancy
• examples: flights of rhetoric
• examples: flights of imagination
6. a flock of flying birds
7. a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports
• examples: I took the noon flight to Chicago
8. shoot a bird in flight
9. fly in a flock
• examples: flighting wild geese