Highflying

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Highflying \High"fly`ing\, a.
     1. Extravagant in opinions or ambition. "Highflying,
        arbitrary kings." --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Flying at a high altitude; -- of airplanes.


        [PJC]
  
     3. Having an excessively high cost or perceived value;
        temporarily very successful; -- of objects with respect to
        a market and people in their occupations; as, highflying
        internet stocks; highflying executives moving between
        companies.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  highflying
       adj 1: moving upward or along at a considerable height; "some
              highflying fighter pilot fired a cannon shell into it"
              [syn: {highflying(a)}]
       2: extravagant or ambitious or extreme in aims or opinions;
          "they did not understand what had happend at the once
          highflying company" [syn: {highflying(a)}]