Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missing man formation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
miss-ing -man -for-ma-tion
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aerial salute to commemorate a deceased person, consisting of a formation of flying aircraft with a space where one plane should be flying.

noun

A similar formation with one missing member in soccer or motor racing.

Inflected Forms

missing man formations (plural)

Questions

What does missing man formation mean?
An aerial salute to commemorate a deceased person, consisting of a formation of flying aircraft with a space where one plane should be flying.

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