MANPADS
English
Alternative forms
- manpad, Manpad, MANPAD
- manpads, Manpads
Noun
MANPADS
- 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.
Related terms
- 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
Anagrams
- mandaps