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dangle the Dunlops

dangle the Dunlops verb: to lower the landing gear of an aircraft in preparation for landing.

Verb

dangle the Dunlops (third-person singular simple present dangles the Dunlops, present participle dangling the Dunlops, simple past and past participle dangled the Dunlops)

  1. (slang) To lower the landing gear of an aircraft in preparation for landing.
    • Last, but not least: Keep the pointy end forward, the dirty side down and dangle the dunlops.1984, Approach, volume 30, number 5
    • Just as soon as we get this li'l baby off of the runway, we'll be taking such good care of you that before you know it we'll be dangling the Dunlops over Dallas.1995, Yasmine Gooneratne, The pleasures of conquest, page 97

Forms of dangle the Dunlops

third-person singular presentdangles the Dunlops
present participledangling the Dunlops
past participledangled the Dunlops
pastdangled the Dunlops

Origin of dangle the Dunlops

From the tyre brand Dunlop.

Questions about dangle the Dunlops

What does dangle the Dunlops mean?
Dangle the Dunlops means to lower the landing gear of an aircraft in preparation for landing.
What part of speech is dangle the Dunlops?
Dangle the Dunlops is a verb.
What is the past tense of dangle the Dunlops?
The past tense of dangle the Dunlops is dangled the Dunlops.

Words near dangle the Dunlops in the dictionary

  1. Dangjin
  2. danglable
  3. Danglas
  4. dangle
  5. dangle after
  6. dangle the Dunlops
  7. dangleable
  8. danglebahn
  9. dangleberries
  10. dangleberry
  11. dangled

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