SPUTNIK meaning: First artificial Earth-orbiting satellite

We found 27 dictionaries that define the word sputnik:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

sputnik: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Sputnik, Sputnik: Merriam-Webster
Sputnik: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
sputnik: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Sputnik: Collins English Dictionary
sputnik: Vocabulary.com
Sputnik, sputnik: Wordnik
Sputnik, sputnik: Wiktionary
sputnik: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
sputnik: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
sputnik: Infoplease Dictionary
sputnik: Dictionary.com
sputnik: Online Etymology Dictionary
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sputnik: Rhymezone
sputnik: FreeDictionary.org
sputnik: Mnemonic Dictionary
Sputnik: TheFreeDictionary.com
Sputnik: World Wide Words

Art (1 matching dictionary)

Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Sputnik: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)

From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
SPUTNIK: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

Sputnik (offensive): Racial Slur Database
sputnik: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
sputnik: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Space and Electronic Warfare Lexicon (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sputnik)

▸ noun:  (historical) Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.
▸ noun:  (dated) Any artificial satellite.
▸ noun:  An adenovirus viral vector vaccine for COVID-19, developed in Russia.
▸ noun:  A village in Pechengsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of sputnik. [(historical) Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.]

Similar:

squib, puck, sprocket, sponk, spud gun, aerospike, spoon-bowl, spicule, spitzer, spud, more...

Opposite:

earthbound, terrestrial, grounded

Phrases:

Sputnik 1, Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik 2, Sputnik crisis, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, more...

Adjectives:

first, soviet, post, russian, second, satellite, pre, pound, third, korabl, unmanned

Colors:

silver, gray, chrome, nebula pink, more...

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