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stealth
[ stelth ]
noun
- secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- a furtive departure or entrance.
- Obsolete.
- an act of stealing; theft.
- the thing stolen; booty.
- Stealth, Military. a U.S. Air Force project involving a range of technologies, with the purpose of developing aircraft that are difficult to detect by sight, sound, radar, and infrared energy.
adjective
- not openly acknowledged; surreptitious; secret:
They used underhand methods such as the stealth hiring of a competitor's CEO.
Spending cuts are the stealth issue of this presidential race.
- (of a transgender person) living as a cisgender member of one's identified gender, without revealing that one is transgender:
For some transgender people, being stealth may be the safest option.
stealth
1/ stɛlθ /
noun
- the act or characteristic of moving with extreme care and quietness, esp so as to avoid detection
the stealth of a cat
- cunning or underhand procedure or dealing
- archaic.the act of stealing
Stealth
2/ stɛlθ /
noun
- informal.modifier denoting or referring to technology that aims to reduce the radar, thermal, and acoustic recognizability of aircraft and missiles
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Derived Forms
- ˈstealthful, adjective
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Other Words From
- stealth·ful adjective
- stealth·ful·ly adverb
- stealth·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stealth1
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Example Sentences
Another senior Air Force official with stealth fighter experience agreed.
High flying and fast, the F-22 Raptor stealth jet is by far the most lethal fighter America has ever built.
That means it could take several missile shots to kill an enemy fighter, even for an advanced stealth aircraft like the Raptor.
The Chinese military has a new stealth jet, but what messages are they sending as it is prepared for active service?
Think advanced unmanned vehicles, all-aspect, broadband stealth, and undersea warfare.
Nonjurors and Scotch Episcopalians could only meet by stealth in private houses.
Then why these secret messages, and the gold thread, and the gardener's child's coat to be got by stealth?
But when Peter the Hermit took flight by stealth, the whole army raged in despair.
And, as for the other band, these shall advance with stealth upon the open and hide behind the rocks.
The older men visited their homes on "leave of absence," (p. 027) the younger by stealth at night.
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