SLIPSTREAM


Meaning of SLIPSTREAM in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a current of air or water driven back by a revolving propeller or a moving vehicle.

2 an assisting force regarded as drawing something along with or behind something else.

--v.tr.

1. follow closely behind (another vehicle).

2 pass after travelling in another's slipstream.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.