"buzz bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buzz bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} buzz bomb (plural buzz bombs)
  1. Any small, jet-propelled flying missile that carries a bomb.
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  2. (historical) The V-1 flying bomb; the doodlebug. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Aircraft, World War II
    Sense id: en-buzz_bomb-en-noun-qAX96LFC Disambiguation of Aircraft: 43 57 Disambiguation of World War II: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 73

Inflected forms

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