Thesaurus results for HYDROPLANE

hydroplane

noun

Definition of hydroplane

as in canoe

a boat that is designed to skim over the surface of water at very high speeds The lake hosts a race featuring hydroplanes every year.

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Recent Examples of hydroplane Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026 Accidents can occur when drivers hydroplane, panic, slam the brakes and move their steering wheel wildly while reacting to a temporary loss of control. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026 Within seconds, her car started to hydroplane, sending her and her 7-year-old son Michael, who was in the backseat, across the center line into oncoming traffic. — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hydroplane

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Noun

Before the arrival of Europeans, the Native tribes used these waters as highways for their dugout and birchbark canoes.

— Robert Klose, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
The two individuals had been camping along Tomales Bay before setting out in a canoe shortly before midnight Saturday, according to officials.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

Brady hasn’t been linked to anyone in a hot minute and was recently seen on his mega yacht near his Indian Creek Village mansion solo.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Optimal Transit puts an all-in VITAL vessel at about US$587 million, roughly the same amount as or less than the price of Jeff Bezos’s data-center-less, non-freshwater-producing luxury yacht.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

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Searchers have found a body one day after an empty kayak appeared in North Carolina’s Lake Waccamaw, according to investigators.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026
To appreciate seaside La Jolla, rent a kayak at La Jolla Shores, tiptoe through tidepools along Coast Boulevard or bathe in surfer vibes at Windansea Beach.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of kayak

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Combined booster and cruiser Under the new phase, GE Aerospace will design and develop a combined booster and cruiser configuration.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Argentina entered the Falklands conflict with powerful ships, including the cruiser General Belgrano and the aircraft carrier Veinticinco de Mayo.

— HOLMES LIAO, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of cruiser

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Among them is Dugi Otok, said Mark Palmer in The Times – a verdant, 26-mile-long sliver of limestone that lies an easy ferry ride from the fascinating harbour town of Zadar.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
Hundreds of masked anti-immigration demonstrators in black paramilitary gear blocked roads into the Port of Dover, halting traffic, stranding travelers and freight, and briefly shutting access to Britain’s busiest ferry hub.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of ferry

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