FLYAWAY

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; -- used of both persons and things. -- n.

2.
a.

A flyaway person or thing. "Truth is such a flyaway." Emerson.

3.
n.

frivolous; -- of people. serious Syn. -- flighty. [WordNet 1.5]

4.
n.

Tending to move away from a center, rather than remain in a compact group; -- used of hair or clothing or of small particles of matter. Light objects or particles readily taking a static electric charge may be moved apart by acquisition of a charge, or by approach of a charged object. Such a property is called flyaway. Syn. -- fluttering. [WordNet 1.5]

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