aquaplane
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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to ride an aquaplane.
noun
verb
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to ride on an aquaplane
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(of a motor vehicle travelling at high speeds in wet road conditions) to rise up onto a thin film of water between the tyres and road surface so that actual contact with the road is lost
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has aquaplanedperfect 3rd person singular
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have aquaplanedperfect
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have been aquaplaningperfect progressive
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am aquaplaningprogressive 1st person singular
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has been aquaplaningperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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is aquaplaningprogressive 3rd person singular
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are aquaplaningprogressive
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aquaplaningparticiple
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aquaplanessingular 3rd person
Past
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had aquaplanedperfect
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were aquaplaningprogressive plural
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had been aquaplaningperfect progressive
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aquaplanedsimple
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aquaplanedparticiple
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was aquaplaningprogressive singular
Future
Etymology
Origin of aquaplane
First recorded in 1910–15; aqua- + (air)plane
Explanation
An aquaplane is a board on which a rider stands and skims over the surface of the water when pulled by a speedboat. The difference between an aquaplane and water skis is similar to the difference between a snowboard and snow skis. The word aquaplane can be used as a noun — the board itself — or a verb. You might aquaplane for fun during your vacation on a lake. As a verb, the word also has a different meaning, describing what happens when a car's tires skim on the surface of water on a wet road. That's dangerous, as the tires aren't in contact with the road, and the car might slide uncontrollably. In this sense, the word has the same meaning as the verb hydroplane.
Vocabulary lists containing aquaplane
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
