Slipstream
Pronunciation: /ˈsɫɪpˈstɹim/
Slipstream (noun)
- The air that moves quickly behind a moving vehicle, helping other vehicles move faster.
- The effect of being pulled along by something moving ahead, often used in science and engineering.
- A type of fiction that blends science fiction, fantasy, and other genres in unusual ways.
Examples
- Cyclists often ride in the slipstream of others to save energy.
- The car moved faster by staying in the truck's slipstream.
Common collocations: ride in the slipstream, stay in the slipstream, in the slipstream of, follow in the slipstream, slipstream fiction