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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web 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 In 2016, a Pakistan International Airlines plane burst into flames after one of its two turboprop engines failed, killing 48 people, including a famous former pop singer. Salman Masood, New York Times, 22 May 2020 With four Allison T56-A-lA turboprop engines, delivering 3,750 horsepower each and driving three-bladed Curtiss-Wright electric-reversible propellers, the YC-130 took off in only 800 feet. Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017 The drone, according to Russian state media, weighs six tons and is powered by two turboprop engines. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2019 The plane with two turboprop engines was manufactured in 1967, FAA records said. Andrew Selsky, The Denver Post, 23 June 2019 See More
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 In 2016, a Pakistan International Airlines plane burst into flames after one of its two turboprop engines failed, killing 48 people, including a famous former pop singer. Salman Masood, New York Times, 22 May 2020 With four Allison T56-A-lA turboprop engines, delivering 3,750 horsepower each and driving three-bladed Curtiss-Wright electric-reversible propellers, the YC-130 took off in only 800 feet. Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017 The drone, according to Russian state media, weighs six tons and is powered by two turboprop engines. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2019 The plane with two turboprop engines was manufactured in 1967, FAA records said. Andrew Selsky, The Denver Post, 23 June 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above