1. A form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables 
2. A Tibetan religious painting on fabric

Derived forms: tankas

Type of: painting, picture, poem, verse form

Encyclopedia: Tanka

• fly gallery
• fly high
• fly honeysuckle
• fly in the face of
• fly in the ointment
• fly in the teeth of
• fly off the handle
• fly on
• fly on the wall
• fly open
• fly orchid
• fly poison
• fly rod
• fly sheet
• fly tent
• fly the coop
• fly tipper
• fly-by
• fly-by-night
• fly-fishing
• fly-half
• fly-tip
• flyaway
• flyblown
• flybridge