Prop wash

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounThe disturbed mass of air or water pushed aft (or fore when in reverse) by the propeller of an aircraft or propeller-driven watercraft.

2.nounByproduct of thrust produced by a propeller.

3.nounIn military or other social organizations involving aircraft or boats, a mythical substance supposedly used to wash propellers.

"We sent the new recruit to obtain a bucket of prop wash."

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