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CHANDELLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("chandelle" is a kind of...):

airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Climb suddenly and steeply

Example:

The airplane chandelled

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "chandelle" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Domain category:

air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)

Sentence frames:

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