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prop wash

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Noun

  1. The disturbed mass of air or water pushed aft (or forward when in reverse) by the propeller of an aircraft or propeller-driven watercraft.
  2. A byproduct of thrust produced by a propeller.
  3. A mythical substance supposedly used to wash propellers.

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