helldiver
/ˈhɛldaɪvɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
name
Nickname given to several models of dive bomber produced by Curtiss during World War II.
Example Sentences
- "Every winter the birds went south. One time a helldiver volunteered to stay for the winter to take care of two birds, an injured whooping crane and a wounded mallard duck, both of whom had broken wings."
- "At dawn on the first day of April 1870, Cora Paint stood near one of her spindly and failing apple trees a hundred feet from the river, watching the rednecked helldivers above the falls soar and plummet into the Big Sioux after carp or perch."
- "Most cultures have a flood myth, and the Paiutes are not exception. Instead of a dove, however, it is the little helldiver that finds land; and the land above the waters is not Mt. Ararat but Mt. Tom."
- "The Helldiver is another aircraft whose contribution to the final Allied victory is often underestimated."
- "The most numerous Allied dive-bomber of World War II, the Helldiver endured a prolonged gestation period to mature into one of the best aircraft of its type."
- "Pilots who flew the new Helldivers thought highly of the plane, but its reputation of being a poor handling airplane was already set in the minds of naval aviators."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɛldaɪvɚ/