pulsejet engine

American

[puhls-jet] / ˈpʌlsˌdʒɛt /

Or pulse-jet engine

noun

Aeronautics.

a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.

First recorded in 1945–50; pulse ¹ + jet ¹

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