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to aquaplane

to aquaplane

7.9
To ride on a wide board a boat pulls behind it across the water
  • verb
  • /ˈakwəˌplān/
translation icon : esquiar sobre agua
  • He had never aquaplaned before but quickly mastered balancing on the board.

Examples

  • The children wanted to aquaplane behind the speedboat all afternoon.

  • She learned to aquaplane while on vacation by the lake.

  • They love to aquaplane during summer vacations.

  • Do you want to aquaplane this weekend?

  • She learned to aquaplane while on vacation by the lake.

  • The children wanted to aquaplane behind the speedboat all afternoon.

  • Do you want to aquaplane this weekend?

Synonyms

to water ski
vsto aquaplane
4 3.4

To glide across water while being pulled by a boat

is done standing on a single wide board
to plane
vsto aquaplane
7.9

To move fast on water so a boat or board skims the surface

is the activity of riding on a single wide board usually towed by a motorboat

Surface Forms

aquaplane infinitive
aquaplaned past
aquaplaned past participle
aquaplaning present participle
aquaplanes third person singular

Morphology

aquaplane = aquaplane (transparent) = aqua + plane

The meaning is directly motivated by the water-related base and is easy to recover from the component parts.

Etymology

Aquaplane comes from aqua 'water' and plane 'to glide', so to aquaplane means to ride a wide board that glides over the water while a boat pulls you.