Webster's English Dictionary

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supercharger

su.per.charg.er \-.cha:r-j*r\ n : a device (as a blower or compressor) for 
   pressurizing the cabin of an ai rplane or for increasing the volume air 
   charge of an internal-combustion engine over that which would normally be 
   drawn in through the pumping action of the pistons