submarine : Idioms & Phrases

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anti-submarine rocket

  • noun a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines
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Attack submarine

  • noun a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping
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  • . A submarine designed to attack other ships, including other submarines.
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auxiliary research submarine

  • noun a submarine for research purposes
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father of the submarine

  • noun American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)
    Bushnell; David Bushnell.
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fleet ballistic missile submarine

  • noun a submarine carrying ballistic missiles
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Nuclear submarine

  • noun a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
    nautilus; nuclear submarine.
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  • . A submarine powered by a nuclear reactor.
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nuclear-powered submarine

  • noun a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
    nautilus; nuclear submarine.
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Submarine armor

  • a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water.
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submarine ball

  • noun a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead
    submarine ball.
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Submarine cable

  • . See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
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submarine earthquake

  • noun an earthquake at the sea bed
    seaquake.
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Submarine mine

  • . See Torpedo, 2 (a).
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submarine pitch

  • noun a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead
    submarine ball.
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submarine sandwich

  • noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
    wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy.
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submarine torpedo

  • noun a torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine
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