pulsejet engine

or pulse-jet engine

[ puhls-jet ]
/ ˈpʌlsˌdʒɛt /

noun Aeronautics.

a 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 called pulse·jet, pulse-jet, aeropulse.

Origin of pulsejet engine

First recorded in 1945–50; pulse1 + jet1

Words nearby pulsejet engine

pulse-amplitude modulation, pulse-code modulation, pulse-time modulation, pulsebeat, pulsejet, pulsejet engine, pulseless disease, pulsimeter, pulsion, pulsion diverticulum, pulsometer