V-1

V-1 ▶noun a small flying bomb powered by a simple jet engine, used by the Germans in World War II. Also called doodlebug. ORIGIN abbreviation of German Vergeltungswaffe ‘reprisal weapon. ’

V-1

V-1 |viːˈwʌn | ▶noun a small flying bomb powered by a simple jet engine, used by the Germans in the Second World War. Also called doodlebug. ORIGIN abbreviation of German Vergeltungswaffe ‘reprisal weapon ’.