Definition of spec-ops

spec-ops    

noun - uncountable

• "special operations". Military jargon.

                                                                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Lost Nazi nuke-project uranium found in Dutch scrapyard", The Register, 19 February 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: military (related to).

  Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 20 2010.

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special	Definitions include: retarded, or simply unintelligent.
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