Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually propeller-driven vehicle designed for traveling over land or water by riding on a layer pressurized air forced downward from the vehicle's bottom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mostly found in Great Britain A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward-thrusting fans, and is propelled forward by an air propeller; also called
ACV andair-cushioned vehicle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vehicle supported on acushion ofair , able totraverse many different types ofterrain and travel over water, used fortransport . - noun Plural form of
hovercraft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
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Examples
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In 2002, Vincent Lamouroux built this Pentacycle to travel along the abandoned Aérotrain hovercraft monorailway built in the 1970s.
Boing Boing 2008
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I went to the post office closest to my job, and when I asked for an IRC they looked at me like I had just said "my hovercraft is full of eels."
The Joys of subbing to Canada joshenglish 2006
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How to say, "My hovercraft is full of eels," in 48 languages.
July 28th, 2005 2005
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Marooned on a deserted island, he’s the guy who could build a hovercraft from a dead car battery, some palm leaves, and six coconuts.
365 tomorrows » Escape from Io : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Marooned on a deserted island, he’s the guy who could build a hovercraft from a dead car battery, some palm leaves, and six coconuts.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Marooned on a deserted island, he’s the guy who could build a hovercraft from a dead car battery, some palm leaves, and six coconuts.
365 tomorrows » Collaboration : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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Past the hovercraft is the beer fridge and the whiskey stocks.
Cheeseburger Gothic » I’m just stepping outside for a moment… 2009
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July 25, 1959: A strange new vehicle called a hovercraft crosses the English Channel between Calais and Dover in slightly more than two hours.
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July 25, 1959: A strange new vehicle called a hovercraft crosses the English Channel between Calais and Dover in slightly more than two hours.
July 2008 2008
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“It actually flies, unlike a hovercraft, which is just a ground effect,” Bitar said.
john commented on the word hovercraft
“He is tutored privately and takes vocal lessons, the costs underwritten by Island Def Jam records and the silky R & B superstar Usher. His new family includes hovercrafts like Mr. Braun and Ryan Good, a former assistant to Usher, whom the singer handpicked to be Justin’s road manager and “swagger coach” — sharpening his moves, his attitude and his wardrobe.”
The New York Times, Justin Bieber Is Living the Dream, by Jan Hoffman, December 31, 2009
January 3, 2010
pterodactyl commented on the word hovercraft
Famously full of eels.
November 21, 2010