单词 | pickle button |
释义 | > as lemmaspickle button pickle button n. U.S. Military slang the button or switch which launches a torpedo or bomb; (in later use) any similarly shaped switch in an aircraft. ΚΠ 1961 L. G. Richards TAC 193 Clamp down on the ‘pickle button’, the bombing trigger. 1979 R. Prest F4 Phantom vi. 63 My right thumb hits the pickle button. 1991 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 16 Feb. 9 ‘Comin' on the pickle button,’ says a pilot... ‘Fire the pickle whenever,’ answers his weapon systems officer. < as lemmas |
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