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.

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