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gunships

gunships is the plural of gunship.

Meaning of gunship

Noun

gunship (plural gunships)

  1. A ship equipped with heavy artillery.
  2. An armed helicopter tasked to attack the enemy.
    • I'm sending down five more dropships, combat EMVs, and a thopter gunship.1997 September, Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion, New York: Bantam, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 363
  3. (US, air force) A transport airplane equipped with large calibre guns typical of armoured fighting vehicles
    • Roger that, Hocus. Friendly gunship, coming in hot!2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Avery Johnson (David Scully), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Sierra 117

Questions about gunships

What is gunships the plural of?
Gunships is the plural of gunship.

Words near gunships in the dictionary

  1. gunshed
  2. gunsheds
  3. gunshield
  4. gunshields
  5. gunship
  6. gunships
  7. gunshop
  8. gunshops
  9. Gunshore
  10. gunshot
  11. gunshots

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