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belly landing

bel·ly land·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bel-ee lan-ding]
    • /ˈbɛl i ˈlæn dɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bel-ee lan-ding]
    • /ˈbɛl i ˈlæn dɪŋ/

Definitions of belly landing words

  • noun belly landing the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear 3
  • verb with object belly landing (of an aviator) to land (an aircraft) directly on the fuselage, as because of defective landing gear. 1
  • verb without object belly landing (of an aircraft) to land directly on the fuselage, without using the landing gear. 1
  • noun belly landing (aviation) A landing of an aircraft without the landing gear being deployed. 0
See all 4 definitions of belly landing

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Origin of belly landing

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Belly landing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Belly landing

belly landing popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

belly landing usage trend in Literature

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