A form of influenza caused by an H3N2 strain of the influenza A virus, descended from H2N2 through antigenic shift, that killed around one million people worldwide during an outbreak in 1968 and 1969.

(informal) gastroenteritis; stomach flu

plural of stomach flu

plural of bird flu

A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.

(intransitive) To play on a flute. / (intransitive) To make a flutelike sound. / (transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound.

A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

simple past tense and past participle of fling

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. / A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).

(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid. / In a state of flux; subject to change. / Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion. / (of an asset) Convertible into cash.