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Hydroplane v. i.

Of a boat, to move through water while supported by hydroplanes (3) (see hydroplane 3, above).

To move through a body of water supported by the hydrodynamic forces on a surface, similar in principle to a hydroplane 3; said, e..g, of automobiles skidding on a shallow patch of water on a road when moving at high speed, thus causing the tires to lose contact with the road surface.

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Etymology of 'Hydroplane'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hydroplane" Quotes from Famous Books

... not nearly so elaborately dressed, nor so insistent upon their "position," as the Jumpkinson-Joneses. By raising the brim of her hat a trifle Mrs. H.S. Jumpkinson-Jones may see, sweeping in glorious circles above the yacht, the hydroplane which, when it left the edge of the beach a few minutes since, blew back with its propeller a stinging storm of sand, and caused skirts to snap like flags in a hundred-mile-an-hour hurricane; and in that hydroplane she knows ...

— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street

Words linked to "Hydroplane" : hydrofoil, seaplane, speedboat, fly, pontoon plane, aeroplane, flying boat, floatplane, airplane, hydroplane racing, aviate, plane