verb · transitive · rare

slipstream

slipstream · slipstreams · slipstreamed · slipstreaming

To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately…To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.

/ˈslɪp.stɹiːm/

Meaning

2 senses

To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
Although dangerous, over-the-road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.
(transitive)To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Compound of slip + stream. Fiction sense coined by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling in 1989

Compound of slip + stream. Fiction sense coined by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling in 1989.

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Forms

slipstreams, slipstreaming, slipstreamed, slipstreamed

Base form	slipstream · to slipstream
3rd person singular	slipstreams
Present participle	slipstreaming
Past simple	slipstreamed
Past participle	slipstreamed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	slipstream
he, she, it	slipstreams

Past simpleLesson

all persons

slipstreamed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have slipstreamed
he, she, it	has slipstreamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will slipstream

Synonyms

1 synonyms

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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle