English Explanatory Dictionary

foo fighter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various unidentified flying objects, as reported by Allied pilots during World War II.

Word forms

foo fighter foo fighters

Etymology

From foo, either a nonce word or a corruption of the French word feu (“fire”), + fighter (“type of aircraft”).

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