hovercraft
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈhʌvərˌkræft/
- Specialized
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- The hovercraft is owned by an oil exploration corporation, but the company could be one of a series of dummies.
- hovercraft ferry
- high-speed hovercraft
- hovercraft trip
I certainly hope we might see some flying cars, but I don't think we're going to see many rocket cars or supersonic hovercraft eye roads.
- I certainly hope we might see some flying cars, but I don't think we're going to see many rocket cars or supersonic hovercraft eye roads.
Examples
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The hovercraft started quickly and moved easily over the drifts.
Fiction book (1997) -
Traffic rumbled on the nearby streets and police hovercraft buzzed and sputtered overhead, drawing white fingers of searchlights across the city.
Fiction book (2000) -
Can I see the hovercraft and maybe have a go flying it?
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Put her on the first hovercraft back.
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Even if I have to take a hovercraft to get there, baby.
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You make it impossible for them to launch their hovercraft.
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A hovercraft might be hard to hide in the open desert.
Fiction book (1999) -
Visitors begin their journey by entering a jet helicopter and hovercraft hangar.
Academic text (1995) -
Then we heard a humming sound like an old vacuum in the other room of a house, and we spotted the sleek little One-Man Radar-Deflecting Hovercraft sliding over the prairie coming our way.
Fiction book (2002) -
The hovercraft glided smoothly over the surface of the water.
Synonyms
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3.9
A boat or ship that carries people and things on water
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word hovercraft combines hover, meaning 'to hang or float just above something', and craft, meaning 'a vehicle' as in aircraft. So a hovercraft is literally a vehicle that rides on a cushion of air, which is why it can move over water, land, and marshy ground.