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glip en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɡlɪp/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Blend of glide + skip.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To bomb a bridge, particularly with a technique developed by the 490th Missile Squadron during World War II.
    • Received a DUC for developing and using a special (glip) bombing technique against enemy bridges in French Indochina. 1961, Office of Air Force History, Air Force Combat Units of World War II, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 220
    • To successfully 'glip' a bridge, a deliberate passage through the concentration of small arms, machine gun and automatic weapons fire, and often blossoming, white puffs of time-fused mortar shells, was essential. 2000, James Vesely, Unlike Any Land You Know: The 490th Bomb Squadron in China-Burma-India, iUniverse, page 102:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
glipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
glipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
glipped Tense=Past lexicographic
glips Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic