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  • noun science fiction A car capable of flight.

Etymologies

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air +‎ car

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Examples

  • The aircar was her own, a fast little Cloudsplitter.

    The Complete Federation Of The Hub Schmitz, James H. 2000

  • The aircar was a hopeless wreck, but its radio was still functioning.

    The Cosmic Computer H. Beam Piper 1934

  • "aircar," or more particularly, the "aircar hangar," which he thought would be attached to every "electrically heated, air conditioned home" by now.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • "aircar," or more particularly, the "aircar hangar," which he thought would be attached to every "electrically heated, air conditioned home" by now.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Instantly into the story with aircar antics, and what looks to be political machinations between various space-adapted and not groups of humans just keeps getting wilder and wilder, with Ragnor Rangers, space superbeasts, and more.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Eternal Frontiers - James H. Schmitz Blue Tyson 2008

  • They took the aircar as far in as it was allowed, and then hiked the rest of the way, stopping frequently for Tetsuo.

    Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010

  • That makes it a cooperative project between me and the readers -- I pitch, they catch -- and I think that makes it a more "real" experience than if I had gone into minutiae of how buildings are constructed and the particular design embellishments on an aircar.

    MIND MELD: Worldbuilding 2008

  • Normally the aircar landing pad was protected from these things by a low-level shield, but the storm had knocked out the power and the pad had iced over.

    Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010

  • Even the exotic and charming Worldweb will be reduced to battering viewers with George Lucas-like speeding aircar chases.

    Dan Simmons' Hyperion To Get The Big Screen Treatment 2008

  • Instantly into the story with aircar antics, and what looks to be political machinations between various space-adapted and not groups of humans just keeps getting wilder and wilder, with Ragnor Rangers, space superbeasts, and more.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Eternal Frontier - James H. Schmitz Blue Tyson 2008

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