plane fright

English

Alternative forms
  • plane-fright

Etymology

From plane +‎ fright.

Noun

plane fright (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Fear of planes, especially fear of air-travel on planes.
    • 1975, Wilfrid Sheed, Muhammad Ali, page 89:
      Ali craves motion (although he used to have drastic plane fright) and during his exile he had to keep going even though there was no place to go, like a retired businessman starting for the office.
    • 1998, Jordan Cray, Dead Man's Hand, page 27:
      By the time we arrived at the hotel, Nick had recovered from his plane-fright.

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