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n. - A vehicle capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines.

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Usage examples (39)
  • How to say, "My hovercraft is full of eels," in 48 languages.
  • In 2002, Vincent Lamouroux built this Pentacycle to travel along the abandoned Aérotrain hovercraft monorailway built in the 1970s.
  • Past the hovercraft is the beer fridge and the whiskey stocks.
  • “It actually flies, unlike a hovercraft, which is just a ground effect,” Bitar said.
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