pilot

Definition

  • noun: a person who flies an airplane, helicopter, etc.
  • noun: one employed to steer a ship
  • verb: to fly (an airplane, spacecraft, etc.)
  • verb: to act as a guide to
  • often used figuratively
  • synonyms: helmsman, gyropilot, aegis

Examples

  • The education bill was 'piloted' through the House and Senate.

  • a skillful manager who has 'piloted' his team to the playoffs

  • He skillfully 'piloted' the ship into port during the storm.

Movie quotes

  • (..) and on this invention they show shows, right? Yeah. The way they pick TV shows, 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 want (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction
  • (..) However people meet people. She used to be an actress. Oh, really? She do anything I'd have seen? I think her biggest deal was she starred in a pilot. Pilot? What's a pilot? Well, you know the shows on TV? I don't watch TV. Yeah, but you are aware... that there's an invention (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction