Meaning of pilot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of payment in lieu of taxes
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
2. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman
3. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
4. A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast
5. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
6. A guide book for maritime navigation
7. A guide book for maritime navigation.
8. An instrument for detecting the compass error
9. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
10. A pilot vehicle
11. A pilot vehicle.
    Australia, informal
12. A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
    Australia
13. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
14. Something serving as a test or trial.
15. The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
16. A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
    attributive, often
17. A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
18. A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
19. A cowcatcher.
20. A racing driver.
    Europe
21. A pilot light.
22. One who flies a kite.
23. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

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Examples

“They scud before the wind, and sail in open sea. Ahead of all the master pilot steers; And, as he leads, the following navy veers.”

“So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots.”

“We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.”

““I agreed with my husband when he said that to do the business properly we must do a pilot first.””

“I think her biggest deal was she starred in a pilot.[…]Well, the way they pick TV shows is they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that one show to the people who pick shows, and on the strength of that one show, they decide if they wanna make more shows.”

“Julia has become quite a good kite pilot. She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.”

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