Found 2 items, similar to highflying.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: highflying 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)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Highflying 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]