slipstream

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: slip stream, slipstreams

Antonyms: slip stream, slipstreams

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. The [[low]]-[[pressure]] [[zone]] [[immediately]] [[follow]]ing a [[rapidly]] [[move|moving]] [[object]], caused by [[turbulence]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative|by extension}} A [[generate]]d [[advantage]] which makes [[forward]] [[movement]] [[easy|easier]].
3. The [[relative]] [[wind]] [[experience]]d as a [[result]] of [[movement]] through [[air]].
4. {{lb|en|aviation}} The [[airflow]] over a [[propeller]]-[[drive]]n [[aircraft]] [[generate]]d by the [[motion]] of its propeller(s).
5. {{lb|en|uncountable|fiction}} A [[genre]] of [[fantastic]] or non-[[realistic]] [[fiction]] that [[cross]]es [[conventional]] [[genre]] [[boundary|boundaries]].

Verb

1. To [[take advantage]] of the [[suction]] [[produce]]d by a [[#Noun|slipstream]] by [[travel]]ling [[immediately]] [[behind]] the slipstream [[generator]].
2. {{lb|en|computing|transitive}} To [[incorporate]] [[additional]] [[software]] (such as [[patch]]es) into an [[existing]] [[installer]].

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