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gunship

American

[guhn-ship] / ˈgʌnˌʃɪp /

noun

a helicopter or fixed-wing airplane armed with rapid-fire guns or cannons and used to provide close air support for troops in combat.

Etymology

Origin of gunship

First recorded in 1965–70; gun ¹ + ship ¹

Example Sentences

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Another video shows Kid Rock pumping his fist before a second gunship appears to fly by his mansion, which he has dubbed the Southern White House.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Archaeologists guessed they were possibly leftover relics from a sunken Confederate gunship excavated a few years earlier in the same area, said Andrea Farmer, an archaeologist for the Army Corps of Engineers.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Mando previously flew a Razor Crest class gunship.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2022

During the Vietnam War, he was assigned to a gunship and participated in more than 200 missions, most of them at night.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2017

I continued to scan the sky and quickly spotted two more Sixer gunship squadrons off near the eastern horizon.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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