slipstream
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈslɪpˌstrim/
- Specialized
- As the car sped past him, he felt the force of the slipstream pushing against his body.
- slipstream flight
- slipstream velocity
- threshold of the slipstream
Examples
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Then you can put your foot down... pull out of the slipstream and maybe overtake two, three cars at once.
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The pilot skillfully maneuvered the aircraft to take advantage of the slipstream created by the jet's wings.
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Flying through the slipstream with a whole lot of green.
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But I'll have to watch the slipstream.
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Because it's not really the ship that presents a surface to the slipstream.
Fiction book (1991) -
We're entering the slipstream.
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Her long red hair danced in the slipstream, strands flying in front of her freckled face.
Fiction book (2000) -
Raindrops beaded up along the windows and rolled swiftly away as the slipstream caught them.
Fiction book (1999) -
But a golf ball has little detents on it because they create a little bit of turbulent air that creates A slipstream around the golf ball that allows it to fly farther.
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My feet remained planted at the threshold of the open door, but my body tilted forward, like a tree, into the slipstream, while on each side master skydivers held on to my parachute harness and tilted along with me.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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6.1
A backward flow of water behind a moving boat that rocks small boats
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8.4
The flow of air pushed backward by a propeller or wing
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6.2
A flow of water or gas that moves back toward its source and can pollute the supply
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6.3
Air pushed backward by an aircraft propeller or jet engine
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8.4
A strong flow of air pushed backward by a plane propeller
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Etymology
Slipstream joins slip ('to slide') and stream ('a flow'). It paints a clear picture: a fast plane or car makes a flow of air behind it that another vehicle can 'slip' into to be pulled along or that can cause bumpy, dangerous air.