English Explanatory Dictionary

40 mike-mike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any weapon firing a 40mm grenade. Often specifically the M203 grenade launcher, mounted underneath an M-16 or its variant. In the Marine Corps, often the Mark-19 Automatic 40mm Grenade Launcher.

Pronunciation

En-au-40 mike-mike.ogg

Word forms

40 mike-mike 40 mike-mikes

Etymology

From Mike (“the letter M in the ICAO spelling alphabet”).

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