Definitions

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  • noun A fictional motor car that hovers a short distance above the ground.

Etymologies

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hover + car

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Examples

  • They were always drifting off into the night and landing at random places, calling a hovercar to pick them up from some distant suburb or even past the city limits.

    Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • They were always drifting off into the night and landing at random places, calling a hovercar to pick them up from some distant suburb or even past the city limits.

    Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • They were always drifting off into the night and landing at random places, calling a hovercar to pick them up from some distant suburb or even past the city limits.

    Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • They were always drifting off into the night and landing at random places, calling a hovercar to pick them up from some distant suburb or even past the city limits.

    PRETTIES SCOTT WESTERFELD 2005

  • He didn’t know how to use an interface or call a hovercar, and his handmade clothes would always look pretty bogus at a bash.

    Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • He didn’t know how to use an interface or call a hovercar, and his handmade clothes would always look pretty bogus at a bash.

    SPECIALS SCOTT WESTERFELD 2006

  • He didn’t know how to use an interface or call a hovercar, and his handmade clothes would always look pretty bogus at a bash.

    SPECIALS SCOTT WESTERFELD 2006

  • He didn’t know how to use an interface or call a hovercar, and his handmade clothes would always look pretty bogus at a bash.

    SPECIALS SCOTT WESTERFELD 2006

  • He didn’t know how to use an interface or call a hovercar, and his handmade clothes would always look pretty bogus at a bash.

    SPECIALS SCOTT WESTERFELD 2006

  • I know he wanted a hovercar, but you tell him Dad†™ s bringing him something even better.

    365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

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