slipstream

verb

slipstreamed; slipstreaming; slipstreams

intransitive verb

: to drive in the slipstream of a vehicle

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Supply chain attacks, for instance, can leverage an MSP's broad reach to slipstream malicious code into an application deployed to millions of end users’ browsers or mobile devices. Sean McElroy, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 But the audio-streaming giant is making changes to slipstream it into the Spotify business: Starting today, Heardle players can listen to the full song on Spotify at the end of the game. Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 July 2022 In Smith’s hands, stories slipstream in the wake of other stories; dreams are tucked up under the armpits of serious shifts in time and space. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2020 As a direct result of slipstreaming the front-door truck, the first savings would be in diesel fuel, because there would be little wind resistance for the second or potentially third trucks in this connected mini-convoy. Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 27 Oct. 2017 See All Example Sentences for slipstream

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of slipstream was in 1957

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“Slipstream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slipstream. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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