This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
V-2
or V-two
[ vee-too ]
/ ˈviˈtu /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun, plural V-2's.
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use V-2 in a sentence
There were newsreel shots of V-1 and V-2 being blasted from their takeoff ramps and a montage of later experimental models.
The Old Die Rich|Horace Leonard GoldBannister once described to me the firing of a prototype V-2.
What Need of Man?|Harold CalinIf the first jar be discharged into the second, V, since the capacity is now doubled, falls to V/2.
Popular scientific lectures|Ernst Mach
British Dictionary definitions for V-2
V-2
noun
a rocket-powered ballistic missile invented by the Germans in World War II: used esp to bombard London. It used ethanol as fuel and liquid oxygen as the oxidizer
Word Origin for V-2
see V-1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012