What does フライング mean?
フライング is a Japanese noun meaning “flying” in English. It can also be translated as “false start, doing something before the scheduled time or date” depending on context. It is written as フライング in hiragana, and furaingu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
あの選手は２回もフライングをした。
The contestant made two false starts.