glip
verb/ɡlɪp/
Etymology
Blend of glide + skip.
- derived from *ksewbʰ-✻
- derived from *skupjaną✻
- derived from skippen
Definitions
To bomb a bridge, particularly with a technique developed by the 490th Missile Squadron…
To bomb a bridge, particularly with a technique developed by the 490th Missile Squadron during World War II.
- Received a DUC for developing and using a special (glip) bombing technique against enemy bridges in French Indochina.
- To successfully 'glip' a bridge, a deliberate passage through the concentration of small arms, machine gun and automatic weapons fire, and often blossoming, white puffs of time-fused mortar shells, was essential.
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