air-cushion vehicle

noun

Definition of air-cushion vehiclenext
1
as in aircraft

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2
as in torpedo boat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air-cushion vehicle
  1. aircraft
  2. torpedo boat
  3. air taxi
  4. PT boat
  5. ship
  6. airboat
  7. plane
  8. hovercraft
Noun
  • Air Force investigators noted that no other aircraft were expected in the area but acknowledged that the radar contact may have disappeared because of the bomber's change in direction.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • But trying to do both, operate as a car and an aircraft, faces many basic engineering problems, said Roger Connor, curator of the vertical flight collection at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • Albanian naval officer Bamir Kundreti, who is 56 years old, lived with his family on Sazan for eight years after 1991 as a torpedo boat commander.
    — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Destroyers were invented in the 1880s, when they were called torpedo boat destroyers.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Sep. 2022
Definition of torpedo boat
Noun
  • After years of being seen mostly in glossy renderings, Archer Aviation’s Midnight electric air taxi spent much of last week in Bay Area skies.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026
  • That may change, thanks to the Joby Aviation electric air taxi.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of air taxi
Noun
  • In the Pacific, by the end of World War II, at least 212 PT boats had gotten into the fight.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The PT boat became the bomber squadron of 15 bombers and their crews that Bentsen commanded at age 23.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Definition of PT boat
Noun
  • Iran continued its campaign of striking ships trying to use the Strait of Hormuz, with four droned in the last 24 hours.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • While the Botanical Bliss ships compressed like all mattresses-in-a-box, setting it up required a bit more effort than expected.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • The Broward Sheriff’s Office has released rescue footage showing the response to a deadly airboat collision in the western Everglades earlier this month.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Haunted truck tours and airboat tours are available separately.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of airboat
Noun
  • To avoid potential damage during an unplanned landing, planes will sometimes dump fuel or fly longer to burn it off.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • That changed, because of advances in prediction models and better data collected by satellites and planes.
    — Jessica Meszaros, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • An array of pillars, permanent marks, the imposing Napoleonic-era Spitbank Fort, as well as the comings-and-goings of ferries and even the hovercraft going back and forth between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • The hovercraft tragedy underscores the rapidly changing weather conditions, dangerous waves and strong winds associated with Lake Baikal, reports indicated.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
Definition of hovercraft
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