prop wash
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prop wash
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Or the massive predator could swipe the bait only feet from the prop wash, starting over the centuries old battle between a team of men and women and the greatest fish in the sea.
From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2015
The biggest coho, 16 inches, came as a surprise to Buhner, who was dragging his fly behind the boat's prop wash as we slowly moved back over a drift.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2011
The waves were from the prop wash of the helicopter overhead.
From New York Times • May 9, 2010
It covers her face like a sheep dog's, gets in her mouth when she talks, floats in her own prop wash as she capers ahead of That Man from Rio.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prop wash peppered me with stinging bits of loose dirt and small gravel, but no big rocks.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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