propeller wash

noun

Aeronautics.

1. the backwash from a propeller.

Example Sentences

During the protest one kayak was capsized by propeller wash when Coco accelerated without warning, Greenpeace claims.

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It is thin enough that the icebreaker’s propeller wash creates enough open water to launch the submersibles.

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“The crowd, punished by the propeller wash and roaring engines, went wild with applause and cheers.”

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Hoists spin because of the effects of the propeller wash of the helicopter’s main rotor, Ping said.

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“It boils up in the propeller wash like boiled red Georgia clay. It’s spooky,” said Clearwater charter fisherman Brad Gorst.

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