to hydroplane
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4.6
- verb
- /ˈhaɪdroʊˌpleɪn/
- US
- When I hit the brakes on the wet road, my car started to hydroplane and I lost control.
- hydroplaned in heavy rain
- a car hydroplaned
- start to hydroplane
Examples
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The car hydroplaned over dips filled with rainwater, blasting muddy showers over the hood.
Fiction book (1994) -
The ground was wet and I hydroplaned.
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What if you hydroplane?
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It also feels like it's hydroplaning in wet weather; my tires are fine.
Blog text (20) -
We're hydroplaning.
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Driving too fast in rainy weather can cause your vehicle to hydroplane on the slick pavement.
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He felt a surge of panic when his motorcycle began to hydroplane during the downpour.
Synonyms
34
3.5
To slide sideways without control, usually when a car's wheels lose grip on a slippery road
1
8.4
To slide on a wet road when water lifts the tires from the surface
Antonyms
Compounds
How Slippery
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb hydroplane combines hydro- 'water' and plane 'to glide', and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a car's tires lifting and the car 'skimming' like a boat, so it means to slide out of control on a wet road.