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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In coastal sections of New York and New Jersey, the storm triggered such intense flooding that residents were seen paddling through their neighborhoods on kayaks and canoes, past parked cars that had become partially or nearly submerged in water.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
And beneath the surface, a migrating rainbow of pinks, greens, and silvers greets those who venture out by canoe or kayak.

— Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

The yacht was supposed to cross the Panama Canal before picking up Machado and the others at a marina in Colón, on Panama’s Caribbean coast.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
There’s a flotilla of yachts, but millions of have-nots, and enough homeless people to fill stadiums.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of yacht

Noun

This Dodge Charger reboot in Scat Pack form isn’t a cush highway cruiser, but the adaptive dampers keep it from getting skittish over broken Midwest pavement.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026
For instance, the Super Meteor 650, Royal Enfield’s proper cruiser, which starts at $7,299 in the US.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of cruiser

Noun

Commuters traveling between Bahia’s capital of Salvador and Vera Cruz on Itaparica Island currently face an hour-long ferry ride.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Visitors with reservations during the closure will be notified of cancellations and receive a refund or an alternate ferry trip by Alcatraz City Cruises.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of ferry

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