MISSILE
ADJECTIVES
► PYROBOLIC of a weapon or device: that uses explosives to launch missile → 1729 obs.
► PYROBOLICAL of a weapon or device: that uses explosives to launch missile → 1729 obs.
NOUNS
► AUNTIE an antimissile missile → 20C US Air Force usage
► BALLISTOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of missiles → 1991 (Bk.)
► BIRD a rocket; a guided missile → 1947 US military usage
► DINGBAT something thrown or fired with force; a bullet; a cannonball; a flying missile → 1877 Amer. dial.
► EJACULATION the act of hurling missiles; the spouting out of water → 1610 obs.
► FACE-SHOT an air-to-air guided missile → 1991 US sl.
► GANYIE an arrow, or similar missile, esp. a crossbow-bolt → c1425 Sc. obs.
► MUNITION an item of military equipment; a weapon, esp. a missile → 1962
► PACKET a bullet or missile → 1910s sl., orig. military
► POP to throw or shoot a missile; to aim or impel an object → 1827 Sc.
► THUCK the sound of a missile hitting a target, as an arrow, bullet, etc. → 1948
NOUNS – PERSON
► PUTTER-OFF a person who throws or launches a missile → 1615 obs.
VERBS
► ASSHOLE of a guided missile: to strike a jet aircraft squarely from behind → 1986 US military sl.
► PALT 1. to strike with repeated blows of missiles; to assail with missiles → 1579 obs.
2. to deliver repeated blows; to discharge missiles → 1606 obs.
► POP to strike with a missile, to pelt → 1894 Sc.
► WALK A CAT BACK to trace a missile back to its launch site → 1991 US Gulf war usage
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