Underslung

Word UNDERSLUNG
Character 10
Hyphenation un der slung
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Underslung"

What do we mean by underslung?

Having springs attached to the axles from below. Used of a vehicle or of its frame. adjective

Supported from above. adjective

Having a low center of gravity. adjective

Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car. adjective

Supported from above (especially from the underside of a wing etc) adjective

Having a low center of gravity adjective

Supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below adjective

Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground adjective

Having a lower part projecting beyond the upper adjective

Supported from above (especially from the underside of a wing etc)

Having a low center of gravity

Synonyms and Antonyms for Underslung

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The word "underslung" in example sentences

The cylinders' downpipes merge in an underslung exhaust nacelle that looks like it should vent ionized plasma. ❋ Dan Neil (2011)

  "You two keep that up," she said to us sternly when she found us practicing in the front parlor, "you're going to get underslung jaws like Charles II." ❋ Unknown (2010)

I Cloroxed and rinsed her ten-gallon water tank and filled it with fresh water; topped off her underslung propane tank. ❋ Peter Heller (2010)

As usual - shoal keel and underslung rudder, with two masts and a cross between the junk and the Scottish lug rig, stylistically more suited to the longboat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A long elegant neck, coning down to a sharpened tip on one end and flaring slightly towards the stern, with chrome testicles like underslung engines, streamlined to minimise air resistance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rudder is underslung and leading to a tiller, not a wheel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For me, the best hog gun is till the M16 with an underslung M203, 40 mm grenade launcher. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Eagle's shape, normally sleek and deadly with the sharp tips of air-to-air missiles protruding from the wings like talons, was now marred by the heavy mass of underslung ordnance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rounds from our underslung grenade launchers were doing damage to a lush green tree-line directly opposite us and all along the enemy positions verdant foliage was spinning into the air, shredded by bullets passing through it. ❋ Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm (2008)

We have introduced a range of new systems over the past few years that have enhanced our troops' capability quite significantly—for example, new body armour, underslung grenade launchers, night vision equipment, light machine guns, ballistic eye protection and a range of other offensive and defensive systems, not to mention the progress that we have made in past months in relation to protected vehicles. ❋ Helen (2007)

In addition, among other items, we now have the underslung grenade launcher and better communication kit. ❋ Helen (2007)

Big Ears whipped out his M16, loaded a grappling hook into its underslung grenade launcher, aimed, and fired. ❋ Matthew Reilly (2006)

The demolition of great underslung girders with limited weights of explosive was a precise operation, and demanded a necklace of blasting gelatine, fired electrically. ❋ Thomas Edward (2003)

One passed beneath him, the white, jagged teeth weighing down the open, underslung jaw. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Thin white wire spectacles rode that protuberant organ, while pointed teeth protruded forward and out from a slightly underslung lower jaw. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2001)

Her lower jaw was underslung, the teeth snaggled and rotting. ❋ Weis, Margaret (2001)

One evening Colucci and Sergeant Norwood returned to the village to report between burps that the Army had a new weapon, the XM-1332A, an M-16 underslung with a grenade launcher. ❋ Bing West (2000)

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