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noun 
  1. the low pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence
verb 
  1. 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 with each other to save fuel.
Etymology: from slip + stream


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