flyout

noun — 2 senses

flyout

noun

/ˈflaɪ.aʊt/

Etymology From fly + out.

1

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Alternative Alternative form of fly out.

  • Sosa got Clark to chase a changeup, then retired Stephen Drew on a flyout to the right-field fence.2007 May 6, Ben Shpigel, “Mets’ Gamble on Sosa Pays Off for One Night”, in New York Times:
2

Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A popup menu that branches off some other visual element.

  • You can also insert some commands from the various palette flyouts.2000, Ken Milburn, Photoshop 5.5: get professional results:
  • If a tool has a flyout, you'll see a small triangle in the lower-right corner of the tool.2006, George Omura, Mastering AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007:
1 more example
  • The submenu flyouts are controlled by JavaScript.2007, David Powers, The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP:

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