prop wash

English

Noun

prop wash (plural prop washes)

(aviation, nautical) The disturbed mass of air or water pushed aft (or fore when in reverse) by the propeller of an aircraft or propeller-driven watercraft.
Byproduct of thrust produced by a propeller.
(aviation, nautical, humorous) 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.

Translations

mass pushed by propeller

Finnish: potkurivirta
Greek: ελικόρευμα (el) n (elikórevma)

See also

propwash
jet blast
rotor wash

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