Definitions for pilot

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pilot pi·lot

Spelling: [pahy-luh t]

IPA: /ˈpaɪ lət/

Pilot is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in pilot (ilopt).

Definitions for pilot

noun

1. a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
2. a person who steers a ship.
3. Aeronautics. a person duly qualified to operate an airplane, balloon, or other aircraft.
4. a guide or leader:
5. coast pilot (def 1).
6. pilot light (def 1).
7. Machinery. a guide for centering or otherwise positioning two adjacent parts, often consisting of a projection on one part fitting into a recess in the other.
8. Railroads. cowcatcher.
9. Also called pilot film, pilot tape. Television. a prototypical filmed or taped feature, produced with hopes of network adoption as a television series and aired to test potential viewer interest and attract sponsors.
10. a preliminary or experimental trial or test:

adjective

1. serving as an experimental or trial undertaking prior to full-scale operation or use:

verb (used with object)

1. to steer.
2. to lead, guide, or conduct, as through unknown places, intricate affairs, etc.
3. to act as pilot on, in, or over.
4. to be in charge of or responsible for:

Origin of pilot

1520-30; earlier pylotte Middle French pillotte Italian pilota, dissimilated variant of pedota Medieval Greek *pēdṓtēs steersman, equivalent to pēd(á) rudder (plural of pēdón oar) + -ōtēs age

Examples for pilot

Captain Bob has been a Sandy Hook pilot for some years back.

That afternoon it cleared off, and we found a pilot lying a little outside of us.

By contrast, a gun will allow a pilot to attack hostile forces that are less than 300 feet from friendly ground forces.

Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.

Not a pilot would come out, and if they had, it would have done us no good.

By 2011, Airbus was working on a program to replicate these conditions in a flight simulator for use in pilot training.

At the Long Sault, we were all put in boats, with a Canadian pilot in each end.

At such a moment, the pilot has no resources other than his own instincts and experience.

The “pilot flying” was more probably the far less experienced copilot.

Who is going to say whether an applicant is competent to pilot a balloon or airship?