hovercraft

or Hov·er·craft

[ huhv-er-kraft, -krahft, hov- ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

, plural hov·er·craft.

1. ACV.

hovercraft

/ ˈhɒvəˌkrɑːft /

noun

1. a vehicle that is able to travel across both land and water on a cushion of air. The cushion is produced by a fan continuously forcing air under the vehicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of hovercraft¹

hover + craft

Example Sentences

When the family was living in Hawaii, he cleaned up beaches after school, worked with volunteers to protect local turtles, and even built a hovercraft with a friend in the fifth grade that could scoop plastic out of the ocean.

From Time

Both died in the third movie, Trinity in a hovercraft explosion and Neo by sacrificing himself in a fight to defeat Agent Smith.

From Time

You could imagine a hovercraft into which you can pee or poop.

From Science News For Students

Isobel went off to make coffee in the portable galley in the rear of the second hovercraft.

From Project Gutenberg

In short, no matter what Haer's past record, choose what was going to be the winning side—Continental Hovercraft.

From Project Gutenberg

Hovercraft wouldn't stand for it, and the Category Military Department would back them.

From Project Gutenberg

He had half a mind to give it all up, here and now, and head on up to Catskill to enlist with Continental Hovercraft.

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The Hovercraft forces are screening everything they do with heavy cavalry units.

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