airship
Plural: airships
Noun
- A large, steerable, lighter-than-air aircraft like a blimp.
- 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.
Examples
- 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.
- On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.
- Placing AIRSHIP on the board felt as momentous as launching a zeppelin.
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
airship: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordairship: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
airship: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
airship: valid Words With Friends Word