WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
buzz′ bomb′, [Mil.]
  1. Militarya type of self-steering aerial bomb, launched from large land-based rocket platforms: used by the Germans in World War II, esp. over England.
  • 1940–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
buzz bomb
  1. another name for the V-1
Etymology: 20th Century: from the sound of its engine
'buzz bomb' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
V-1 - doodlebug - pulsejet engine

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