airship
Meanings
Plural: airships
Noun
- a steerable self-propelled aircraft
- A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
- A police air unit, a police helicopter.
- Any aircraft.
- A high ranking official of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.
Verb
- To transport goods by aircraft.
Origin / Etymology
From 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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 12
airship is a valid Words With Friends word