buzz bomb

noun Military.

a type of self-steering aerial bomb, launched from large land-based rocket platforms: used by the Germans in World War II, especially over England.

Origin of buzz bomb

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby buzz bomb

buyup, buzau, buzkashi, buzuki, buzz, buzz bomb, buzz in, buzz off, buzz phrase, buzz saw, buzz term

British Dictionary definitions for buzz bomb

buzz bomb

noun

another name for the V-1

Word Origin for buzz bomb

C20: from the sound of its engine