air express


noun
  1. an express service for shipping small packages of goods by air: includes ground pickup at origin and delivery at destination.

  2. the goods shipped by this service.

Other definitions for air-express (2 of 2)

air-express
[ air-ik-spres ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to send or transport by air express: Your package will be air-expressed and should reach its destination tomorrow.

adjective
  1. pertaining to, using, or sent by air express: Your air-express package just arrived.

Origin of air-express

2
First recorded in 1910–15

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How to use air express in a sentence

  • Chattaway snatched the reins from the ragged boy's hands and mounted; his air expressing all the scorn he could command.

    Trevlyn Hold | Mrs. Henry Wood