/puls"jet'/ , Aeron.
a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
Also, pulse-jet engine . Also called pulsejet, pulse-jet, aeropulse .
[ 1945-50; PULSE 1 + JET 1 ]