pilot : Idioms & Phrases

• noun someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
  pilot.
  

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• noun a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness
  autopilot.
  
  • she went about her chores on automatic pilot
  • too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot
  • she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot
• noun a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course
  autopilot; automatic pilot.
  

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Branch" pi`lot

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1. A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.

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• noun a relief pilot on an airplane
  copilot.
  

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• noun airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces
  

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Cow"-pi`lot noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.

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• noun a military or naval pilot of fighter planes
  

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• a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; called also ice master.

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• noun meteorological balloon used to observe air currents
  

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• a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; so called because its presence indicates to mariners their approach to these islands. Crabb. (b) The black-bellied plover. Local, U.S.

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• noun very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
  ship biscuit; hardtack; sea biscuit; pilot biscuit.
  

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• noun a small bit that drills a first hole to guide a larger drill
  

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• noun large harmless shiny black North American snake
  blacksnake; mountain blacksnake; Elaphe obsoleta; black rat snake.
  

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• noun a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships
  

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• a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and receive pilots as they board and leave vessels.

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• noun very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
  ship biscuit; hardtack; sea biscuit; pilot biscuit.
  

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• ship biscuit.

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• noun small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
  pilot burner; pilot.
  

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• noun a chart for a navigator showing the prevailing meteorological and hydrographic and navigational conditions
  naval chart; navigational chart.
  

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• noun a thick blue cloth used to make overcoats and coats for sailors etc
  

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• a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats.

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• noun a locomotive that precedes a train to check the track
  

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• a locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear.

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• noun a preliminary experiment whose outcome can lead to a more extensive experiment
  

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• noun a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
  pilot film; pilot.
  

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• . (Zoöl) (a) A pelagic carangoid fish (Naucrates ductor); so named because it is often seen in company with a shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark . (b) The rudder fish (Seriola zonata).

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• a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a pilot.

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• a pea jacket.

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• noun (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
  Jacob's ladder; jack ladder.
  

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• noun indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation
  pilot lamp; indicator lamp.
  

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• noun small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner
  pilot burner; pilot.
  
• noun indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation
  pilot lamp; indicator lamp.
  

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• (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole. Waddell.

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• noun activity planned as a test or trial
  pilot program.
  
  • they funded a pilot project in six states
• noun a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
  pilot film; pilot.
  

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• noun activity planned as a test or trial
  pilot program.
  
  • they funded a pilot project in six states

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• (Zoöl.) (a) A large North American snake (Coluber obsoleus). It is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the scales. Called also mountain black snake. (b) The pine snake.

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• noun small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
  black whale; common blackfish; blackfish; Globicephala melaena.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Blackfish, 1.

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• noun a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course
  autopilot; automatic pilot.
  

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• noun the pilot in charge of an airship
  captain.
  

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• noun a chaplain in one of the military services
  Holy Joe; military chaplain; padre.
  

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• noun a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting
  stunt flier; barnstormer.
  

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• noun a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them
  

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