on the deck

prepositional phrase

Flying at a very low altitude.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. aeronauticsFlying at a very low altitude.

    The fighters were flying “on the deck” — as close to the water as possible — to avoid detection.

    2008, Sydney Sharpe, Staying in the Game: The Remarkable Story of Doc Seaman, page 42
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    The HAWK is one of the Army's newest air defense weapons. It is capable of carrying a modern warhead and of destroying attackers flying "on the deck" at such ranges as to insure effective protection of defended areas.

    1961, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, Hearings ... on Sundry Legislation Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments (issues 10–32, page 1340)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, deck.
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APA

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

MLA

“on the deck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20deck. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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