fleeting
11fleeting — fleet|ing [ˈfli:tıŋ] adj [usually before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: fleet to go quickly (16 19 centuries), from Old English fleotan to float ] lasting for only a short time = ↑brief ▪ a fleeting smile ▪ For one fleeting moment , Paula… …
12fleeting — adjective (usually before noun) lasting for only a short time : fleeting glimpse/impression/glance etc: I caught a fleeting glimpse of them as they drove past. | fleeting moment: For one fleeting moment, I thought I recognized her. fleetingly… …
13fleeting — [[t]fli͟ːtɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Fleeting is used to describe something which lasts only for a very short time. The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver... She wondered for a fleeting moment if he would put his arm around her …
14fleeting — fleetingly, adv. fleetingness, n. /flee ting/, adj. passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance. [1325 75; ME; see FLEET2, ING2] Syn. passing, flitting, flying, brief, fugitive. * * * …
15fleeting — fleet fleet (fl[=e]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {fleeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {fleeting}.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fle[ o]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[=o]ta to float, flow,… …
16fleeting — adj. Fleeting is used with these nouns: ↑expression, ↑fame, ↑glance, ↑glimpse, ↑impression, ↑instant, ↑memory, ↑moment, ↑pleasure, ↑second, ↑thought, ↑ …
17fleeting — adjective ours was a fleeting romance Syn: brief, short, short lived, quick, momentary, cursory, transient, ephemeral, fugitive, passing, transitory; literary evanescent See note at temporary Ant: lasting …
18fleeting — fleet•ing [[t]ˈfli tɪŋ[/t]] adj. passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient: a fleeting glance[/ex] • Etymology: 1325–75 fleet′ing•ly, adv. fleet′ing•ness, n …
19fleeting — /ˈflitɪŋ / (say fleeting) adjective gliding swiftly away; passing swiftly; transient; transitory. –fleetingly, adverb –fleetingness, noun …
20Fleeting expletive — A fleeting expletive is a verbal profanity or visual indecency or obscenity (i.e., a fleeting moment) expressed or shown during a live television broadcast or radio broadcast.Notable examplesIn chronological order: *During the January 2003 Golden …
