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happy landing

happy landing is the singular of happy landings.

Meaning of happy landings

Noun

happy landings pl (normally plural, singular happy landing)

  1. (especially, plural, plural-normally) Successful arrivals on land (by air or water), without any untoward incidents.
    • We want our airplane pilots to anticipate failed engines as well as happy landings.2009, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America, →ISBN, page 198
  2. (broadly, idiomatic, plural, plural-normally) Successful outcome or outcomes.
    • But one set of Washington policies is all happy landings: the Government's campaign to stop skyjackers is working.1973 June 18, “American Notes: Eureka! Something Works!”, in Time, retrieved 05 Jun 2018

Forms of happy landing

pluralhappy landings

Questions about happy landing

What is happy landing the singular of?
Happy landing is the singular of happy landings.

Words near happy landing in the dictionary

  1. happy hunting grounds
  2. happy Independence Day
  3. Happy Isles
  4. Happy Jack
  5. happy Kwanzaa
  6. happy landing
  7. happy landings
  8. happy little vegemite
  9. happy little vegemites
  10. happy meal
  11. happy meals

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