slipstream
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.
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.
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‘Stories don’t equal fluff’: Why narrative spins, not fundamentals, are driving the ad tech stock market | Seb Joseph | March 3, 2021 | DigidayInevitably, 007 ends up alone before—a nice, concluding touch—disappearing into the slipstream of a Sunday morning.
James Bond is Back But is He Any Good without Fleming? | Robert McCrum | October 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWith 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
/ (ˈslɪpˌstriːm) /
Also called: airstream, race
the stream of air forced backwards by an aircraft propeller
a stream of air behind any moving object
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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