Meaning & use
hydroplane
To skid uncontrollably on a wet road when a layer of water builds up between the tires and the surface.
See it in a sentence
The car began to hydroplane on the flooded highway, and the driver eased off the gas.
Worn tires make a vehicle far more likely to hydroplane in heavy rain.
A note on using this word
British English typically uses aquaplane for this same loss of tire grip.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A light motorboat designed to skim across the surface of water at high speed.
The racers steered their hydroplanes around the buoys at breakneck speed.
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