airplane

Definition

A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

Etymology

From air + plane as an alteration of aeroplane.

Example Sentences

• "So, he'd take a spoon and he'd start playing airplane, circling the spoon around in the air until it was ready to land in the runway of my mouth."
• "Willis wondered what this fellow wanted to do, spoon feed him? Play airplane?"
• "For instance, Jan has taken to playing airplane with the spoon to get Charley to attend to the spoon and want to take it into his mouth."