snarge
English
Noun

The remains of a bird struck by a high-speed train.
snarge (uncountable)
- (military, aviation, slang) The remains of a bird after it has collided with an airplane (in a bird strike), especially a turbine engine.
- 2022, Jason Bittel, “Archived copy”, in ‘Snarge’ Happens, and Studying It Makes Your Flight Safer, archived from the original on 14 April 2022:
- Snarge can be a wad of a Canada goose lodged inside an airplane engine. Or it can be a broken and burned gull feather littered along the runway. Snarge can even be as small as a rusty-red smear on the nose of an airliner. But no matter what form it takes, every bit of snarge is different — and all snarge is important.
References
- Phillips, Michael M. (2008-01-04), “In Battle on Birds, Air Force Deploys A Secret Weapon”, in The Wall Street Journal: “Ms. Dove calls the morning delivery "snarge," a term of art that combines snot and garbage.”
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