Cockpit

Definition: Cockpit

Cockpit

Noun

1. Compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft.

2. An enclosure for cockfights.

3. Seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cockpit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references)

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Arena

Noun: arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards; (playhouse); amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso, turf, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard, tilting ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars; campus.

Council

Cabinet council, privy council;cabinet council, privy council; cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general.

Receptacle

Attic, loft, garret, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom; (depository); lumber room; dairy, laundry.

Crosswords: Cockpit

Dutch (cabin), German (cabin, cockpit), Portuguese (cockpit), Swedish (cockpit).

MD-900 Cockpit. Credit: NASA.

Yahoo!!!! - hang on for a "slight bank" Taken from cockpit of Coast Guard PBY. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The view from the cockpit of the C-130 on the way to McMurdo. Transantarctic Mountains in view. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Cockpit of C-141 flying over approach to Antarctic continent. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Project Cement #4. The view from the cockpit of C130 research aircraft. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Cockpit of DC-6 with pilot. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Maj. Christian Ledet, flight surgeon for the Iowa Air National Guard's 132nd Fighter Wing, Des Moines International Airport, Iowa, settles into the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft just prior to flight-testing the new Libelle anti-gravity suit.

John L. Levitow examines the cockpit of the C-17 named for him, the Spirit of John L. Levitow, Jan. 23, 1998 in Long Beach, Calif. Levitow, one of only 16 airmen awarded the Medal of Honor for exceptional heroism during wartime died Nov. 8 at his home in.

The Cockpit, Battle of the Nile. / Heath Del. Published and sold...by Edwa. Orme. M. Dubourg Sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Has its six .50 caliber machine guns tested on the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV-6), 10 April 1942. Note open gun bays in the plane's wings and markings below the cockpit ("6F9" with no dashes between letters and numerals). Credit: NAVY.

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We must make sure that its work is fruitful, that it is a reality and not a sham, that it is a force for action, and not merely a frothing of words, that it is a true temple of peace in which the shields of many nations can some day be hung up, and not merely a cockpit in a Tower of Babel. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

They are Max Auto Express, B-Quik, Cockpit Car Service Center, Borneo Auto Care and Checkpoint Auto Center. (references)

It is one of the top global producers of electronic fuel-injection systems, air conditioning and engine cooling systems, cockpit modules, exhaust systems, on-board information and communication systems, lighting systems, shock absorbers, suspensions and various accessories. (references)

U.S.-manufactured defense electronics equipment imported into Thailand include field radios (such as the PRC-77 Manpack from ITT Sincgars, which has been the primary means of communication for Thai infantry units for more than a decade), radar systems in both mobile and fixed-site installations, navigation aids, and electronic control equipment in the cockpit. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "cockpit": cockpit floor construction ♦ cockpit personnel ♦ cockpit roof construction ♦ cockpit roof control panel ♦ cockpit side former ♦ cockpit voice recorder ♦ gunner's cockpit ♦ pilot's cockpit. Additional references.

Beginning with "cockpit": cockpit-adjustable, cockpit-straps, cockpit-style, cockpit-wide.

Ending with "cockpit": in-cockpit, open-cockpit.

Albanian

shesh për ndeshje gjelash, kabinë (booth, cab, cabin, capsule, car, kiosk). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ميدان مصارعة الديكة, ‏مقصورة الطيار, ‏مسرح المعارك. (various references)

Bulgarian 

кабина за пилота, арена на борби, арена за борба между петли, лазарет на кораб. (various references)

Chinese 

驾驶舱. (various references)

Czech

pilotní kabina, kohoutí aréna. (various references)

Danish

cockpit, pilotcockpit (flight deck, pilot's cockpit), panoramaførerhus (all-round view tractor cab), førerrum (flight deck, pilot's cockpit), førerkabine. (various references)

Dutch

cockpitstoel, cockpit (cabin), stuurkuip, panoramacabine (all-round view tractor cab), kuip (tub, vat). (various references)

Finnish

sittlooda, sittbrunni, ohjaushytti (control panel, control station, furnace pulpit, main engine manoeuvring platform, manoeuvring stand, master control station, operator's control panel, pilothouse, wheelhouse), ohjaamo (cab), istuma-aukko, istuinlaatikko, istuinkaukalo. (various references)

French

cockpit, cabine panoramique, cabine de pilotage, cabine, poste de pilotage (crew compartment, pilot's cockpit), place jeu des coqs, habitacle (compartment, passenger compartment, pilot's cockpit), dôme à glissière, baquet de pilote, baignoire. (various references)

German

kanzel (promontory, pulpit, rostrum, spur), Pilotenkanzel. (various references)

Greek 

καμπίνα πιλότου (flight deck, pilot's cockpit), πιλοτήριο. (various references)

Hebrew 

תא הטיס (flight deck). (various references)

Hungarian

pilótafülke (nacelle, pilot house). (various references)

Indonesian

kokpit, gelanggang adu ayam. (various references)

Italian

abitacolo (cabin). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

操縦席 , コスト効率 (bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights, cockatrice, Cocker spaniel, cockney, cockroach, cook, coq d'or, cosmetic, cosmetic lens, cosmetics, cosmetology, cosmic, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolis, cosmopolitan, cosmopolitanism, cosmos, cost effectiveness, costume play, cottage, cotton, cox, faucet, glass, Kodak, rough play, spigot, tap), コカの木 (coca tree, Coca-Cola, cocaine, cocoa, COCOM, COCOM list, Coordinating Committee for Export to Communist Area, coquette, coquetterie, coquettish, cuckoo, obsessively trend-conscious teen-age girls who may offer themselves for enjou kousai with older men in order to finance their lifestyle, shell). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そうじゅうせき, コックピット , コクピット . (various references)

Manx

towl stiuree, laaragh troddan-kellee, cabbane y stiureyder. (various references)

Pig Latin

ockpitcay.(various references)

Portuguese

cockpit, cúpula corrediça, campo de batalha (battlefield, battleground, shambles), cabina panorâmica (all-round view tractor cab), cabina do piloto, cabina (cabin, car, flight deck, pilot's cockpit), posto de pilotagem (flight deck, pilot's cockpit), poço (catchment basin, draw-well, oil well, pit, pool, shaft, well), lugar para briga de galo, hospital de navio de guerra, assento (banquette, bench, bottom, bum, buttock, chair, entry, seat, stool, toilet seat). (various references)

Romanian

cocpit, carlingã (keelson), teatru de rãzboi (seat), arenã pentru lupte de cocoşi. (various references)

Russian 

кубрик (orlop, orlop deck), кокпит, кабина летчика, кабина (booth, cabin), открытый кузов, открытая кабина самолета. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pilotska kabina. (various references)

Spanish

carlinga (step), cúpula corrediza, cabina panorámica (all-round view tractor cab), cabina del piloto (pilothouse), cabina de piloto, cabina , ruedo (adjacence, arena, bullring, environment, environs, rotation, surroundings), reñidero de gallos, puesto de pilotaje (flight deck, pilot's cockpit), habitáculo (flight deck, pilot's cockpit), gallería, bañera (bath, bathtub, tub). (various references)

Swedish

cockpit. (various references)

Thai

เวทีชนไก่, สนามรบ. (various references)

Turkish

sürücü yeri, pilot kabini, mücâdele alanı (arena), horoz dövüşü alanı, alçak güverte. (various references)

Ukrainian

кубрик (orlop), відкритий кузов, арена боротьби, арена для півнячих боїв. (various references)

Vietnamese 

chỗ chọi gà. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cockpit": cockpits. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cockpit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ccpit, Cockpen, cockup, cocopeat, cocpit, cokpit, cookpot. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: optic, picot, topic.

-3 letters: otic, pick, pock, tick, topi.

-4 letters: cop, cot, ick, kip, kit, koi, kop, opt, pic, pit, poi, pot, tic, tip, top.

-5 letters: it, op, pi, ti, to.

+1 letter: cockpits.

+2 letters: chopstick.

+3 letters: checkpoint, chopsticks, cuckoopint, pickpocket.

+4 letters: checkpoints, cuckoopints, peacockiest, pickpockets.