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Rishonly Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
BALLISTIC (MEANING)
The butterflies in my stomach have gone ballistic. What is the meaning of 'ballistic' in this sentence?
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Hi, Consider a 'nuclear missile'. This receives its initial thrust very, very quickly from a rocket. It zooms up very quickly.
- Hi, Consider a 'nuclear missile'.
- This receives its initial thrust very, very quickly from a rocket.
- It zooms up very quickly.
- We also call such a missile a 'ballistic missile'.
- When his team lost the big game, Tom went ballistic.
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Hi,
Consider a 'nuclear missile'. This receives its initial thrust very, very quickly from a rocket. It zooms up very quickly. We also call such a missile a 'ballistic missile'.
When his team lost the big game, Tom went ballistic. This means Tom got very, very angry, very quickly. 'To go ballistic' is a common phrase for anger which 'zooms up very qui
Consider a 'nuclear missile'. This receives its initial thrust very, very quickly from a rocket. It zooms up very quickly. We also call such a missile a 'ballistic missile'.
When his team lost the big game, Tom went ballistic. This means Tom got very, very angry, very quickly. 'To go ballistic' is a common phrase for anger which 'zooms up very qui
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Hello Rish
"Ballistics" is the study of projectiles.
"To go ballistic" is slang for "to get annoyed to the point of losing self-control".
So in your phrase, your stomach is churning violently.
MrP
"Ballistics" is the study of projectiles.
"To go ballistic" is slang for "to get annoyed to the point of losing self-control".
So in your phrase, your stomach is churning violently.
MrP
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Thanks Clive and MrPedantic. Now, I understand the meaning. The original sentence is from 'Stress Management' section for TOEFL students.
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well to start off, ballistic means relating or characterizing motionof objects moving under their own momentum and gravitational force...* so the example does not specifically go with the scientific "real" definiton.
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It's an interesting thought, Anon; though I suppose butterflies have momentum, in their own flying-crooked way.
Best wishes,
MrP
Best wishes,
MrP
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it is the movement of an object propelled into the airor someone getting extreemly angry
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relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity.
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