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chemtrail

Syllables: chem·trail/ˈkɛmtɹeɪl/

chemtrail noun: a contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.

Noun

chemtrail (plural chemtrails)

  1. (in plural, often) A contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
    • You and me watching / Chemtrails is where we belong / That's what I mean when we talk in this jetstream2008, Beck, “Chemtrails”, in Modern Guilt
    • “We are going to stop this crime,” Kennedy [RFK Jr], who is known for his contrarian stances on vaccines and offshore wind farms, wrote about chemtrails on X in August.[…] Now, scientists are faced with a resurgent focus on chemtrails amid a related, more substantive, debate over whether actual...2024 December 26, Oliver Milman, “Chemtrail conspiracy theories: why RFK Jr is watching the skies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Verb

chemtrail (third-person singular simple present chemtrails, present participle chemtrailing, simple past and past participle chemtrailed)

  1. (intransitive) To spray a contrail of this kind.

Forms of chemtrail

Noun
pluralchemtrails
Verb
third-person singular presentchemtrails
present participlechemtrailing
past participlechemtrailed
pastchemtrailed

Origin of chemtrail

Blend of chemical + trail, modelled on contrail, late 1990s.

Questions about chemtrail

What does chemtrail mean?
Chemtrail means a contrail consisting of chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes, according to certain conspiracy theories.
What part of speech is chemtrail?
Chemtrail can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chemtrail?
Chemtrail is pronounced /ˈkɛmtɹeɪl/.
What is the plural of chemtrail?
The plural of chemtrail is chemtrails.

Words near chemtrail in the dictionary

  1. chemsex
  2. chemsexer
  3. chemsexers
  4. chemsuit
  5. chemsuits
  6. chemtrail
  7. chemtrailed
  8. chemtrailing
  9. chemtrails
  10. Chemulpo
  11. Chemung

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