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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'lomcevak' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions lomcevak noun  An aerobatic flying manoeuvre in which the pilot follows a knife-edge roll by flipping the airplane end-over-end and into a spin, from which the pilot then recovers control of the airplane. Etymology: Derived from a Czechoslovakian word which roughly means "headache" or "hangover", the expression "lomcevak" originated from the Moravia region, famous for its Jelinek slivovitz, a traditional Czechoslovakian alcohol, and is commonly used to describe the rotating motions of one who has had one too many. The English use originates from Czechoslovakian aerobatic pilot Ladislav Bezík's mechanic, who at a 1958 air show in Brno, Czechoslovakia, jokingly called Bezík's tumble manoeuvres "Lomcevaks" when asked by journalists what they were.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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