Antiaircraft

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  anti-aircraft \an`ti-air"craft\, a.
     designed for or used for defense against attack by aircraft;
     as, anti-aircraft cannon.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  antiaircraft
       adj : designed for defense from a surface position against air
             attack
       n : artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: {antiaircraft
           gun}, {flak}, {flack}, {pom-pom}, {ack-ack}, {ack-ack gun}]