turboprop engine

noun

: a jet engine designed to produce thrust principally by means of a propeller driven by a turbine with additional thrust usually obtained by the rearward discharge of hot exhaust gases

Examples of turboprop engine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The nine-seat aircraft, which runs on a single turboprop engine, was so small that the ground crew had to weigh luggage and passengers in order to distribute their weight evenly in the cabin. —Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025

For going farther – up to 400 km (249 miles) – two small turboprop engines located farther out on the wings will kick in to extend the aircraft's range. —Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2024

But there’s a big elephant in the room—one that comes with two turboprop engines, not enough legroom, and an insatiable hunger for jet fuel. —Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023

The other plane, a propjet (which uses a turboprop engine to propel itself through the air), narrowly missed another home a mile away, said Cpl. —The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022

Airborne forward propulsion is handled by a 90 kilowatt multifuel turboprop engine, which also recharges the batteries for the rotors in flight. —Ed Garsten, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022

In the case of Orlyonok, the high vertical tail also provides the perch for a Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engine, well known to NATO for its use on the Bear strategic bomber. —Abe Dane, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2020

The turbojet engine was more difficult to fix than the An-2’s turboprop engine, especially in remote airstrips in agricultural areas. —Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020

The third design uses a turboprop engine, has half the range of the turbofan concept, and can carry up to 100 passengers. —David Meyer, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

turboprop engine

noun

: a jet engine that produces power principally through a propeller driven by a turbine but also usually by the rearward discharge of hot exhaust gases