Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lazy dog bomb

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
lazy -dog bomb
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fin-stabilized aerial-bomb-shaped solid-steel slug that is dropped from high altitude aircraft, to achieve kinetic bombardment of the targeted area below. This unpowered ballistic projectile contains no explosives and achieves its aims through kinetic energy strikes alone, typically striking at 500 mph (800 km/h).

American usage

Etymology

From the airdropped ballistic projectile model "Lazy Dog", generalized to all steel airdropped kinetic bombardment ballistic projectiles.

Usage

Inflected Forms

lazy dog bombs (plural)

Phrases

lazy dog dog bomb lazy bomb lawn dart

Frequently Paired Words

bomb dog dog bomb lazy lazy bomb lazy dog lawn dart airdropped flechette

Synonyms

lazy dog

Questions

What does lazy dog bomb mean?
A fin-stabilized aerial-bomb-shaped solid-steel slug that is dropped from high altitude aircraft, to achieve kinetic bombardment of the targeted area below. This unpowered ballistic projectile contains no explosives and achieves its aims through kinetic energy strikes alone, typically striking at 500 mph (800 km/h).
Where does lazy dog bomb come from?
From the airdropped ballistic projectile model "Lazy Dog", generalized to all steel airdropped kinetic bombardment ballistic projectiles.

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