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slipstream
[ slip-streem ]
/ ˈslɪpˌstrim /
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noun Also slip stream .
Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller.Compare backwash (def. 2), wash (def. 31).
the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly moving vehicle.
verb (used without object)
to ride in the slipstream of a fast-moving vehicle.
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How to use slipstream in a sentence
The Darkside record was an opportunity to attempt to shut off his brain and lose himself in the slipstream.
Even smaller ad tech vendors have been swept up in the slipstream.
Inevitably, 007 ends up alone before—a nice, concluding touch—disappearing into the slipstream of a Sunday morning.
With a rush, and a spinning of dust in the slipstream, the ship was away.
Lords of the Stratosphere|Arthur J. Burks
British Dictionary definitions for slipstream
slipstream
/ (ˈslɪpˌstriːm) /
noun
Also called: airstream, race
- the stream of air forced backwards by an aircraft propeller
- a stream of air behind any moving object
verb
motor racing to follow (another car, etc) closely in order to take advantage of the decreased wind resistance immediately behind it
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