propeller : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a propeller that rotates to push against air
  airscrew; prop.
  

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• noun a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability)
  double-prop; twin-prop; double-propeller plane.
  

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• (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.

Webster 1913

• a device for propelling ships by means of a stream of water ejected under water rearward from the ship.

Webster 1913

• (Naut.), a device for propelling vessels by means of a forcible jet of water ejected from the vessel, as by a centrifugal pump.

Webster 1913

• noun an airplane that is driven by a propeller
  

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• the screw, usually having two or more blades, used in propelling a vessel. propeller blade, the elongated part of an airplane propeller

Webster 1913

• noun a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
  screw.
  

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• a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw.

Webster 1913

• noun a propeller plane with a single propeller
  single prop.
  

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• . See Propeller.

Webster 1913

• noun an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
  turboprop; propjet.
  

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• noun a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability)
  double-prop; twin-prop; double-propeller plane.
  

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• noun propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable
  

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