Adjective: antiaircraft ,an-tee'ehr,krãft
- Designed for defence from a surface position against air attack
"The antiaircraft guns were positioned around the military base"
- Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
"The military base was protected by antiaircraft guns";
- antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack [informal], ack-ack gun
Derived forms: antiaircrafts
See also: defensive
Type of: gun
Encyclopedia: Antiaircraft