This page gathers the 78 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Navy”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- A-gang noun Auxiliary division onboard a ship or submarine. Responsible for sanitary, heating/AC, emergency diesels, hydraulics, high pressure air, low…
- AIP noun Abbreviation of air independent propulsion (a method of propelling submarines without access to the Earth's atmosphere while using…
- all standing adv Brought to a sudden halt.
- angles and dangles noun A random series of loops, turns, and depth changes in a submarine, intended to eliminate the self-noise which could occur during a…
- armament noun All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
- banyan noun A camping excursion on shore, to give a ship's crew a break from shipboard routine.
- battle honours noun The names of battles and actions in which a warship (or a previous namesake) has taken part, usually displayed on a board in a prominent…
- battle line noun A line of battle.
- bayman noun A sickbay nurse.
- BB noun Abbreviation of battleship.
- bleed the monkey verb Synonym of suck the monkey (“to surreptitiously drink alcohol from a cask through an inserted tube”).
- bloke noun (A lower deck term for) the captain or executive officer of a warship, especially one regarded as tough on discipline and punishment.
- bluenose noun A person who has crossed the Arctic Circle.
- boots noun The ship in a fleet having the most junior captain.
- brick noun A projectile.
- broke adj Demoted, deprived of a commission.
- cake and wine noun A restricted diet of bread and water, imposed as a disciplinary measure.
- call the ball verb When landing on a US aircraft carrier: to sight the lights from the multi-colored optical landing system that shows a pilot to be on the…
- comb verb To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.
- comshaw verb To acquire without officially requisitioning; to pilfer or barter for surplus items.
- coxswain noun A rank or position.
- CV noun aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one…
- dago noun A crewman who speaks Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian.
- dart noun An officer trained at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England.
- donkey noun A box or chest, especially a toolbox.
- drip verb To whine or complain consistently; to grumble.
- fanny noun Mess kettle or cooking pot.
- Fanny Adams noun Tinned meat.
- flattop noun An aircraft carrier.
- flight noun A numbered subclass of a given class of warship, denoting incremental modernizations to the original design.
- flimsy noun A service certificate.
- goffer noun soft drink; non-alcoholic drink
- grape noun A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
- hack noun Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- isodrome noun A method of moving a fleet from one formation to another, the direction usually being changed eight points, by means of paths of equal…
- iswas noun A kind of hand-held slide rule used for predicting the location of a target based on its current and recent positions.
- Jack Shalloo noun A (male) braggart.
- jalousie noun A component in a ventilation system.
- jew noun A ship's tailor.
- killock noun A leading seaman, who wears a badge with an anchor emblem.
- kipper noun A torpedo.
- kye noun Cocoa (the drink).
- ladder verb To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.
- lee gauge noun The position of a sailing vessel leeward of another in battle, often restricting manoeuvrability and gunnery.
- legend noun The design and specification of a vessel.
- lieutenant noun A naval officer whose rank is above that of ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander. There are two ranks…
- line of battle noun The line or arrangement formed by warships in an engagement.
- lurk verb To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
- manhaul noun A meal.
- mast noun A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those…
- meritorious mast noun A modern version of the mast (naval disciplinary hearing) in which the commanding officer singles out a crewmember for formal discipline.
- miller noun A rat.
- mouldy noun A torpedo.
- new noun A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
- peggy noun The petty officers' mess steward.
- radarman noun A person who operates all navigational and communications systems.
- raggie noun A close friend; chum.
- raider noun A warship which is light, maneuverable, and fast-moving.
- rassing noun The transfer of fuel, munitions, or stores from one vessel to another while under way.
- red shirt noun Alternative form of redshirt (“sailor who handles ordinance”).
- rogue's yarn noun A thread of red, blue or gold worsted, worked into the ropes manufactured in the government Royal dockyards, to identify them if stolen.…
- rope and choke noun The measurement of a person's body fat, by means of a measuring tape around parts of the body, to determine whether they meet physical…
- rub noun A loan.
- saddletank noun An early style of ballast tank submarine in which the tank sits on top like a saddle.
- sailmaker noun An officer in the United States navy who takes charge of the sails.
- salt horse noun A naval officer or rating whose training and experience have qualified him as a seaman rather than in any specialised trade.
- sand crab noun A civilian.
- skimmer noun A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- snipe noun A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- souped-up adj Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
- squadron noun A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
- strike one's flag verb To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.
- sub-lieutenant noun A commissioned officer of the Royal Navy ranking above a midshipman and below a lieutenant.
- surge noun A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
- Taswegian noun A Tasmanian seaman.
- very well intj A standard response by a superior to a report or confirmation.
- water tender noun A first-class petty officer in charge in a fireroom, who supplies the boilers with water, sees that fires are properly cleaned and stoked…
- weather gauge noun An advantageous position of one sailing vessel with respect to another, because of the direction of the prevailing wind, that allows it to…