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hovercraft

noun
/ˈhɒv.ə.kɹɑːft/UK/ˈhʌvɚ.kɹæft/CA

Etymology

From hover + -craft. Originally a trademark by Saunders-Roe Limited, a British aero- and marine-engineering company.

  1. inherited from *kap-✻
  2. inherited from *habjaną✻ — “to lift; to heave”
  3. inherited from *habbjan✻
  4. inherited from *hōfian✻
  5. inherited from hoveren — “to float in the air, hover; to stay”
  6. suffixed as hovercraft — “hover + -craft”

Definitions

  1. A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain…

    A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

    • The snapshot shows the whale parallel above the water almost as if it’s competing in belly-flop contest, doing a midair plank or floating across the bay like a hovercraft.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hovercraft. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA