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propeller wash

noun

, Aeronautics.
  1. the backwash from a propeller.


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During the protest one kayak was capsized by propeller wash when Coco accelerated without warning, Greenpeace claims.

It is thin enough that the icebreaker’s propeller wash creates enough open water to launch the submersibles.

“The crowd, punished by the propeller wash and roaring engines, went wild with applause and cheers.”

Hoists spin because of the effects of the propeller wash of the helicopter’s main rotor, Ping said.

“It boils up in the propeller wash like boiled red Georgia clay. It’s spooky,” said Clearwater charter fisherman Brad Gorst.

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