Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chandelle

1 sense of chandelle

Sense 1
chandelle -- (a flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction)
       => flight maneuver, airplane maneuver -- (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chandelle

1 sense of chandelle

Sense 1
chandelle -- (climb suddenly and steeply; "The airplane chandelled")
       => rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")