ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Battleshippy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Battleshippy is an adjective meaning (nonce word) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a battleship.

Meaning

(nonce word) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a battleship.

Example Sentences

She couldn't have been so battleshippy, either, and it's no wonder she had so little trouble picking a husband, though why she picked Edgar Dudley I can't imagine, unless it was because of the mica mine.
But if you put a carrier up as a second strike strategic potential in a nuclear all-out war, I must say that is a little battleshippy to me, or the long-range subsonic bomber so far as the future is concerned.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shiply, shippy, naval, boaty, piratical, yachty.

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