Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

air-to-air

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.07 in modern English

Syllables: air--to-air
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

With the participants being two or more aircraft in flight.

adj

Fired from an aircraft in flight at another one.

Example Sentences

"The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea."

Phrases

air-to-ground air-to-surface ground-to-air surface-to-air

Frequently Paired Words

air-to-ground air-to-surface ground-to-air surface-to-air

Questions

What does air-to-air mean?: With the participants being two or more aircraft in flight.

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