groundside
English
editEtymology
editAdverb
editgroundside (not comparable)
- (science fiction) Towards or on the surface of a planet.
- Synonym: planetside
- 1951 November, Paul W[arren] Fairman, “Proud Asteroid”, in Amazing Stories, volume 25, number 11, page 46:
- Even then she gave them quite a battle. It was like a pair of minnows landing a four-foot bass, but they hauled her down and booted her groundside with a skill that eventually got the two pilots a citation.
References
edit- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “groundside, adv.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.