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airship

English

Etymology

air +? ship; jocular British sense is in imitation of worship "form of address for magistrates et al., possibly also an oblique reference to Colonel Blimp.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: heirship

Noun

airship (plural airships)

  1. A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
    Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.
  2. (informal) Any aircraft.
    On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.
  3. (Britain, derogatory) The highest ranking officials of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.
    • .

Translations

Verb

airship (third-person singular simple present airships, present participle airshipping, simple past and past participle airshipped)

  1. To transport goods by aircraft.

See also

  • balloon
  • barrage balloon
  • blimp
  • Colonel Blimp
  • dirigible
  • zeppelin, Zeppelin

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airplanes

English

Noun

airplanes

  1. plural of airplane

Verb

airplanes

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airplane

Anagrams

  • perinasal

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