Meanings
plural lazy dog bombs
- USgovernmentA fin-stabilized aerial-bomb-shaped solid-steel slug that is dropped from high altitude aircraft, to achieve kinetic bombardment of the targeted area below. This unpowered ballistic projectile contains no explosives and achieves its aims through kinetic energy strikes alone, typically striking at 500 mph (800 km/h).
Synonyms: lazy dog
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fin-stabilized aerial-bomb-shaped solid-steel slug that is dropped from high altitude aircraft, to achieve kinetic bombardment of the targeted area below. This unpowered ballistic projectile contains no explosives and achieves its aims through kinetic energy strikes alone, typically striking at 500 mph (800 km/h).
Origin
From the airdropped ballistic projectile model "Lazy Dog", generalized to all steel airdropped kinetic bombardment ballistic projectiles.
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lazy dog bomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lazy%20dog%20bomb
“lazy dog bomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lazy%20dog%20bomb. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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