axe bombing

noun

The act of tying down the trigger of a can of aerosol deodorant and throwing it into an enclosed space, as a prank.

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Meanings

nounaxe bombing (usually uncountable, plural axe bombings)

plural axe bombings

  1. neologismslanguncountableusuallyThe act of tying down the trigger of a can of aerosol deodorant and throwing it into an enclosed space, as a prank.

    This horrendous act is actually a very common thing among Boy Scouts, called Axe bombing

    2014 October 11, TheOdd1sOut, 00:01:15 from the start, in Adventures in Boy Scouts Part 1
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of axe bomb

Origin

From Axe (“a brand of aerosol deodorant”) + bombing.

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APA

axe bombing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axe%20bombing

MLA

“axe bombing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axe%20bombing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “axe bombing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axe%20bombing.

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