flies

plural of fly

Noun form of, plural

  1. plural of fly

Noun plural, plural only

  1. The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
    • […] I was born in the dressing-room, suckled in the flies, educated in the lobby, and brought up in the property-room […] - 1792, Charles Dibdin, chapter 6, in Hannah Hewit: or, the Female Crusoe, volume 1, London: for...
    • Hung from the “flies” in air, She acts a palpable lie, She’s as little a fairy there As unpoetical I! - 1869, W. S. Gilbert, “Only a Dancing Girl”, in The “Bab” Ballads, London: John Camden Hotten, page 25:
    • One of the staff was up in the flies fixing the weight for the mast. The head mechanist and Ted Gascoigne were down below on the stage, having an argument. Suddenly, the gentleman in the flies got all careless and...

Derived

catch flies drop like flies no flies on

Verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fly