thruster

Meaning

1. One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.
2. A device for propelling an object, especially a spacecraft or a ship (marine vessel).
3. A bow thruster or a stern thruster.
4. A surfboard (usually a shortboard) with three fins of approximately equal size, one centred at the back, one on each side about 25cm forward and out near the rails.
5. An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.

Synonyms

propeller

winch

drill

thruster machinery compartment

thrust propeller

maneuvering device

bow

🙇

rudder

saw

🪚

shackle

televisor

pusher

microthruster

pushbeam

radius rod

ejector pin

propulsion device

assisted take-off unit

pusher bar

boost motor

propelling booster

auxiliary boost

stripping pins

push pole

pushover bar

knock-out pin

assistor

aircraft climb assisting unit

jet-assisted take-off engine

JATO engine

pushing bar

boost

follow

hustler

impeller

jet nozzle

peel

propulsion

retrorocket

rocket engine

tappet

push over

pushrod

Translations

impulseur

ξιφομάχος

άστατος

micropropulseur

Stoßer

εμπήγων

ωθών

propulseur

propulsor

الصاروخ

impulsor

داسر

نطاح

Schubdüse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθɹʌ.stɚ/

Etymology

From thrust + -er. The surfboard sense was coined (but never trademarked) by Simon Anderson, who created the design in 1980. The name was almost immediately applied generically to any surfboard with that fin design.