prop wash

/P R AA1 P W AA0 SH/

noun

1
The disturbed mass of air or water pushed aft (or fore when in reverse) by the propeller of an aircraft or propeller-driven watercraft.
2
Byproduct of thrust produced by a propeller.
3
In 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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