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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an airplane that can land on or take off from water; "the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane" [syn: seaplane, hydroplane]
2: a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds; "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record" [syn: hydrofoil, hydroplane] v
1: glide on the water in a hydroplane [syn: hydroplane, seaplane]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1904 1. a powerboat designed for racing that skims the surface of the water 2. seaplane II. intransitive verb Date: 1962 to skim on water; especially of a vehicle to skid on a wet surface (as pavement) because a film of water on the surface causes the tires to lose contact with it

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a light fast motor boat designed to skim over the surface of water. 2 a finlike attachment which enables a submarine to rise and fall in water. --v.intr. 1 (of a boat) skim over the surface of water with its hull lifted. 2 = AQUAPLANE v. 2.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hydroplane Hy"dro*plane, v. i. Of a boat, to plane (see Plane, below).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hydroplane Hy"dro*plane, n. [Pref. hydro-, 1 + plane.] 1. A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or depressed cause the boat, when going ahead, to sink or rise, after the manner of an a["e]roplane. 2. A projecting plane or fin on a gliding boat to lift the moving boat on top of the water; also, a gliding boat.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hydroplanes) A hydroplane is a speedboat which rises out of the water when it is travelling fast. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

aeroboat, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, amphibian, balloon, be airborne, boat seaplane, clipper, cruise, drift, ferry, flit, floatplane, fly, flying boat, glide, hop, hover, jet, navigate, sail, sailplane, seaplane, soar, take the air, take wing, volplane, waterplane, wing