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Noun

flyout ‎(plural flyouts)

1. (baseball) Alternative form of fly out
   • 2007 May 6, Ben Shpigel, “Mets’ Gamble on Sosa Pays Off for One Night”, in New York Times:

     Sosa got Clark to chase a changeup, then retired Stephen Drew on a flyout to the right-field fence.

2. (computing, graphical user interface) A popup menu that branches off some other visual element.
   • 2000, Ken Milburn, Photoshop 5.5: get professional results

     You can also insert some commands from the various palette flyouts.

   • 2006, George Omura, Mastering AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007

     If a tool has a flyout, you'll see a small triangle in the lower-right corner of the tool.

   • 2007, David Powers, The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP

     The submenu flyouts are controlled by JavaScript.

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