MAYDAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

distress call; distress signal (an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed)

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