pulsejet engine

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(puls′jet′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pulse′jet en′gine  (puls′jet′),USA pronunciation [Aeron.]
  1. Aeronauticsa jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
Also, pulse′-jet en′gine. Also called pulse′jet′, pulse′-jet′, aeropulse. 
  • pulse1 + jet1 1945–50

'pulsejet engine' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
pulsejet - aeropulse - resojet engine

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