FLYING DRAINPIPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed

Synonyms:

atherodyde; athodyd; flying drainpipe; ramjet; ramjet engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("flying drainpipe" is a kind of...):

jet engine (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)

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