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cherubs

cherubs noun: a multiservice tactical brevity code for communicating the altitude of friendly aircraft. Also the plural of cherub.

Noun

cherubs

  1. (slang) A multiservice tactical brevity code for communicating the altitude of friendly aircraft.

Also used as

cherubs is also the plural of cherub.

Synonyms of cherubs

Origin of cherubs

Hebrew כרוב (“cherub”) + English -s plural suffix

Questions about cherubs

What does cherubs mean?
Cherubs means a multiservice tactical brevity code for communicating the altitude of friendly aircraft.
What part of speech is cherubs?
Cherubs is a noun.

Words near cherubs in the dictionary

  1. cherubin
  2. cherubins
  3. cherubism
  4. cherubless
  5. cherublike
  6. cherubs
  7. Cherufe
  8. Cherukuri
  9. Cherukuris
  10. cherup
  11. cheruped

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