V-1

American  

[vee-wuhn] / ˈviˈwʌn /

Or V-one

noun

V-1's plural

1. a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.

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V-1 British  

noun

1. Also called: doodlebug.   buzz bomb.   flying bomb.  a robot bomb invented by the Germans in World War II: used esp to bombard London. It was propelled by a pulsejet

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• V-1's
  plural

Etymology

Origin of V-1

< German V ( ergeltungswaffe ) retaliation weapon

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

V-1 V-1's

During this meeting, Strampel told V-1 that she would not perform well enough to continue in medical school and denied her appeal.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2018

The earliest V-1 bombs were still under development while the drama of the first World Science Fiction Convention was playing out.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2017

These jet-propelled, subsonic unmanned airplanes are descendants of the German V-1 buzz bomb.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2013

The mission was part of Operation Crossbow, a concerted effort to attack the V-1 bases.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2013

There were newsreel shots of V-1 and V-2 being blasted from their takeoff ramps and a montage of later experimental models.

From The Old Die Rich by Gold, Horace Leonard

We may be grateful to Providence that the Germans got the V-1's and V-2's late and in limited quantities and even more grateful that they did not get the atomic bomb at all.

From Time ● Aug. 9, 2017