flyaway

[ flahy-uh-wey ]

/ ˈflaɪ əˌweɪ /

fluttering or streaming in the wind; windblown: flyaway hair.

flighty; frivolous; giddy.

ready for flight: flyaway aircraft.

Origin of flyaway

First recorded in 1765–75; adj. use of verb phrase fly away

The moment Flyaway reached the house, she rushed into the parlor to tell her mother the news.

Dotty Dimple's Flyaway |Sophie May
"We think of going on a cruise in the Flyaway," said Thomas.

Little By Little |William Taylor Adams
But she called us flyaway flutterbudgets, and she said I'd ruin your career, if I did marry you.

Miss Billy's Decision |Eleanor H. Porter
Flyaway had not expected to be suspended so high in the air.

Dotty Dimple At Home |Sophie May

Frank Thompson, in spite of his earnest protest, was put on board the schooner, and the Flyaway's head was turned to the north.

Little By Little |William Taylor Adams

flyaway

/ (ˈflaɪəˌweɪ) /

(of hair or clothing) loose and fluttering

frivolous or flighty; giddy

a person who is frivolous or flighty