MANPADS

English

Alternative forms

  • manpad, Manpad, MANPAD
  • manpads, Manpads

Noun

MANPADS

  1. Acronym of man-portable air-defense system.; a handheld anti-aircraft missile.

Usage notes

Singular manpad is a back-formation, treating the full acronym manpads as a plural.

  • man, portable, air, defense / defence, system
  • man-portable air-defense system / man-portable air-defence system
  • man portable / man-portable
  • air defense / air-defense / air defence / air-defence / AD
  • air defense system / air-defense system / air defence system / air-defence system / ADS

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