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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; a flypast (UK)
  • noun UK A road that passes over another; an overpass (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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From fly + over.

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