Snoopy cap
Snoopy cap noun: a piece of headgear worn by astronauts with built-in communications technology.
Noun
Snoopy cap (plural Snoopy caps)
- A piece of headgear worn by astronauts with built-in communications technology.
- Of course, the helmet and Snoopy cap headphone arrangement insulate astronauts from some of the noise.1997 February 5, R. Mike Mullane, Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about Space Travel, Wiley, →ISBN, page 52
- An astronaut wears a close-fitting cap, called a Snoopy cap, which contains a radio for communications.2015 July 17, Dale Anderson, Ian Graham, Brian Williams, “Astronaut”, in Flight and Motion: The History and Science of Flying, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 109
Forms of Snoopy cap
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Origin of Snoopy cap
From Snoopy + cap, from the comic strip Peanuts having an association with NASA and the cap wrapping around an astronaut’s head like a dog’s ears.
Questions about Snoopy cap
- What does Snoopy cap mean?
- Snoopy cap means a piece of headgear worn by astronauts with built-in communications technology.
- What part of speech is Snoopy cap?
- Snoopy cap is a noun.
- What is the plural of Snoopy cap?
- The plural of Snoopy cap is Snoopy caps.
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