Full record for blast-off n.
| Definition | the initial thrust required to launch a rocket or the like into space; the launching of the rocket itself |
| OED requirements | antedating 1937 |
| Earliest cite | Arthur Leo Zagat, 'The Cavern of the Shining Pool' |
| Comment | Fred Galvin submitted a 1948 cite from Erik Fennel's "Synthetic Hero". Fred Galvin submitted a 1944 cite from "Double-Cross on Mars" by "Sgt. Gerald Vance" (apparently a house pseudonym used for this story by William P. McGivern)
Fred Galvin submitted a 1937 cite from "The Cavern of the Shining Pool", by Arthur Leo Zagat
Earliest cite in the OED: 1951 |
| Last modified | 11 December, 2008 |