hydroplane

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There were five people aboard the aero-hydroplane, and they were desperate persons.

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  1. noun See seaplane.
  2. noun A motorboat designed so that the prow and much of the hull lift out of the water and skim the surface at high speeds.
  3. noun See hydrofoil.

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  • So the stranger driving the hydroplane was not alone. —  The Drowned World
  • The distance separating the answering signals was wide enough to indicate that there was more than one group, and that the hydroplane was merely a scout vehicle. —  The Drowned World
  • The hydroplane was circling noisily by an inlet on the far side of the lagoon, the driver plunging it backwards and forward like a horseman reining his steed. —  The Drowned World
  • The hydroplane, now free of its entourage, was crossing the central lagoon on its return, leaping lightly through the water on a beautiful wake of foam. —  The Drowned World
  • Evidently he lived in this vicinity, for he told me that he had just bought a hydroplane, and was going to try it out in the morning. —  The Great Gatsby / by F. Scott Fitzgerald
 

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  1. Greek ὔδωρ (ὐδρ-), water, + English plane, n.
 

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/ˈhaɪdrəpleɪn/
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