hangar queen
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An aircraft which requires a great deal of regular maintenance and has an unfavorable ratio of maintenance time to flight time.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "In the Air Forces, "Hangar Queen" is not a proud title. It refers to any grounded plane which is being systematically "cannibalized" (stripped of its parts) so that other planes may fly."
- "[T]he F-35 . . . was not only meant to be an affordable fifth-generation fighter-bomber for the U.S. and her allies, but also to have lower maintenance costs than aircraft now in service. These claims may also turn out to be inaccurate, with the F-35 a potential hanger-queen like the F-22 Raptor."