dambuster
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
dambuster (plural dambusters)
- (colloquial) An aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them.
- (colloquial) The pilot of this kind of aircraft.
- (colloquial) The type of bomb dropped by this kind of aircraft.
- Hyponym: bouncing bomb
- dambuster bombs
- (by extension) An aircraft or pilot involved in Operation Chastise in 1943.