paper airplane

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paper airplane (plural paper airplanes)

  2. (US) A toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
    Alternative form: paper aeroplane (Commonwealth English)
    Synonyms: paper plane, paper flier, paper flyer, paper dart, dart
    Coordinate term: rubber band airplane
  4. (US, aeronautics) An aircraft under development (so named because it remains only on paper to date; a tongue-in-cheek sense with acknowledgment of the original sense).
    Alternative form: paper aeroplane (Commonwealth English)
    Synonym: paper plane

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