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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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.
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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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