Definition of hovercraft
:a vehicle that is supported above the surface of land or water by a cushion of air produced by downwardly directed fans
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All the while, Kenny says, hovercraft skimmed over the water and Coast Guard helicopters circled over their apartment building, dipping low.
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Mathur, a senior at Naperville North, led 12 students to design and build a hovercraft from the ground up earlier this summer.
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Among the more unusual icebreaking vessels are hovercraft that can create waves under the ice, causing it to quiver and snap. —–
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Apparently one of them was able to call 911 on a cell phone and the fire department was able to get its hovercraft out there and rescue them.
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Marine reservists from the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines disembarked from the landing ship USS Arlington, coming ashore on the Polish coast in LCAC hovercraft and Amtrac amphibious vehicles.
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A separate seventh-grade hovercraft team placed second in that category at the same event.
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Comfort mode is perfect for around town, with its welcome delivery of hovercraft-like isolation from the road.
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Large amphibs, their hovercraft and lumbering armored troop carriers that take hours to wade ashore and unload would be punished by precision missiles, experts contend.
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First Known Use of hovercraft
1959
HOVERCRAFT Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of hovercraft for English Language Learners
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: a vehicle that moves just above the surface of land or water on a cushion of air
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