Speakur

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runaway diesel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables
run-away diesel
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A diesel internal combustion engine which is uncontrollable with conventional means due to an aspirated fuel leak that revs faster and faster to destruction unless stopped.

noun

A runaway train with a diesel locomotive.

Inflected Forms

runaway diesels (plural)

Synonyms

runaway diesel engine

Questions

What does runaway diesel mean?
A diesel internal combustion engine which is uncontrollable with conventional means due to an aspirated fuel leak that revs faster and faster to destruction unless stopped.

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