flying saucer
flying saucer noun: a disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
Noun
flying saucer (plural flying saucers)
- A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
- Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.
- Amateur airman Kenneth Arnold of Pendleton (Oregon) reported yesterday that he had seen "nine planes like flying saucers travelling at 1200 miles an hour."1947 June 29, The Truth, Sydney, page 39, column 4
- Synonyms:
- saucercraft
- An alien interplanetary vessel, typically disc-shaped and of metallic construction.
- A form of confectionery, a small spheroidal capsule of rice paper filled with sherbet.
flying saucer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
flying saucer in Hindi
- disc-shaped unidentified flying object
- उड़न तश्तरी uṛan taśtarī
flying saucer in Tamil
- disc-shaped unidentified flying object
- பறக்கும்தட்டு paṟakkumtaṭṭu
flying saucer in Urdu
- disc-shaped unidentified flying object
- اڑن طشتری uṛan tashtarī, اڑن تشتری uṛan tashtarī
flying saucer in Malayalam
- flying saucer
- പറക്കും തളിക paṟakkuṁ taḷika
More languagesFewer languages
- flying saucer in Kannada
- ಹಾರಾಡುವ ತಟ್ಟೆ
- flying saucer in Arabic
- طَبَق طَائِر ṭabaq ṭāʔir
- flying saucer in Persian
- بشقاب پرنده bošqâb parande
- flying saucer in Thai
- จานบิน jaan-bin, จานผี
- flying saucer in Vietnamese
- đĩa bay
Synonyms of flying saucer
Forms of flying saucer
| plural | flying saucers |
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Origin of flying saucer
From an interview given by amateur pilot Kenneth Arnold who described seeing nine flying objects that were "moving like saucers being skimmed across a lake". The description was not meant to describe the shape of the objects, only how they maneuvered, yet the misinterpretation took hold and gained popularity.
Words formed from flying saucer
Questions about flying saucer
- What does flying saucer mean?
- Flying saucer means a disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
- What is flying saucer in Hindi?
- Flying saucer in Hindi is उड़न तश्तरी (uṛan taśtarī). See Flying saucer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flying saucer?
- Flying saucer is a noun.
- What is the plural of flying saucer?
- The plural of flying saucer is flying saucers.
Words near flying saucer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flying saucer (page history and authors); പറക്കും തളിക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); flying saucer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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