wifferdill
wifferdill noun: an elaborate, multiaxis aerobatic manoeuvre, especially one in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its direction of travel.
Noun
wifferdill (plural wifferdills)
- An elaborate, multiaxis aerobatic manoeuvre, especially one in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its direction of travel.
- Doolittle executed a grand wifferdill—rapidly climbing to exchange airspeed for altitude—after completing the course, then a perfect landing.2003, Dik Alan Daso, Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary, →ISBN, page 20
- When not breeding, they whirl in rings above the earth, dive for flies with gaping, froglike mouths, and perform whifferdales and rolls, glancing in and out of sight.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 24
Forms of wifferdill
| plural | wifferdills |
|---|---|
| alternative form | whifferdale |
| alternative form | whifferdill |
Questions about wifferdill
- What does wifferdill mean?
- Wifferdill means an elaborate, multiaxis aerobatic manoeuvre, especially one in which an aircraft makes a series of very tight turns in order to reverse its direction of travel.
- What part of speech is wifferdill?
- Wifferdill is a noun.
- What is the plural of wifferdill?
- The plural of wifferdill is wifferdills.
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