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Feline nickname of the F-14 jet fighter
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tomcat
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. male cat [syn: tom ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Nellie had no idea where her friend Aggie could obtain a neutered tomcat but she had made enquiries. ▪ She was as ready for action as a tomcat with its tail up. ▪ Stardancer, an enormous, tortoiseshell tomcat , lay peacefully ...
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Tomcat (also known as F14 Tomcat ) is a 1989 computer game published in the UK by Players Software for a range of 8-bit home computers. The game was released on the Acorn Electron , BBC Micro , Commodore 16 , Commodore Plus/4 , Commodore 64 , Amstrad CPC ...
Usage examples of tomcat.
That told the LSO that he had the meatball in sight, confirmed that his aircraft was a Tomcat so that the arrestor cables could be properly adjusted for the hurtling weight of the aircraft, and that his fuel was reading five thousand pounds.
Gator stood by the half-visible airman, talking to her as she rummaged around in the guts of the hydraulics system, electrical lines, and avionics that controlled the Tomcat.
The two incoming MiGs flashed past the damaged Tomcat, hurtling toward the south before beginning a broad, sweeping turn which would bring them in behind Batman and Malibu.
Still hurtling toward the SAM, Batman rolled the Tomcat right until he was canopy down, then brought the stick back and headed for the ground.
Mister, my bobtailed, battle-scarred tomcat, had leapt up onto the stones before the fireplace, his luminous green eyes wide and fixed on Susan.
He cut his eyes toward Druery, who still flailed about against the confines of his chains, yowling and screeching like a tomcat tossed in a rain barrel.
He had compared flying the Tomcat to throwing the perfect fastball and the name had stuck.
At the same instant, Fastball broke hard to the left again, kicking in the afterburners and pitching the Tomcat into an almost vertical climb.
The last two miles behind the carrier were a critical time during which Fastball lined up with the carrier, shot his approach, and eased 60,000 pounds of Tomcat down gently onto the deck in a controlled crash.
Even though they were flown by considerably less capable pilots than those whom he had fought back in the States, Fastball was glad the Tomcats were staying clear of the fray.
He still was the ugliest tomcat Mitchella had ever seen, scarred from a thousand fights.
Leslie Oker was about as impulsive as a two-toed sloth, and rather less effeminate than a tomcat.
The Tomcat seemed to crouch, gathering strength as its two engines ripped the night apart.
On the instant of their appearance they leaped, emitting squalling, spitting squeals that were like the cries of fighting tomcats ten thousand times magnified.
They flew in tight groups of four aircraft, three F-14 Tomcats protecting each Prowler, and as they penetrated Albanian airspace, they spread a blizzard of fierce electronic snow that jammed every radar from the airport at Tiran south to Berat.