rocket-propelled grenade
nounEtymology A backronym, from the acronym RPG, which derives from Russian РПГ (RPG); see RPG for more.
1
A modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
2
The explosive rocket weapon component of such a system.
- Related terms
- recoilless rifle, grenade launcher
- Hypernyms
- grenade
- Hyponyms
- bazooka, Panzerfaust