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UK
/ˈækwɐplˌeɪn/
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VERB
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rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road
the car aquaplaned - ride on an aquaplane
NOUN
- a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water
How To Use aquaplane In A Sentence
- It is believed the car may have aquaplaned on the northbound carriageway before landing on its roof. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- At about 2. 50pm on Wednesday, a light truck lost control on the slippery Hume Freeway between Arkells Lane and the Wandong exit, setting off a chain reaction when the car behind it slammed on the brakes, which in turn caused the car behind that to aquaplane straight into the car in front. Star News Group
- If you drive down the road and the tread is worn, when you hit a puddle of water, the car can aquaplane. Club grooves limitation sought
- In interview he said the car was travelling at between 30 and 45 mph when it aquaplaned.
- Such is the importance of first qualifying under the new aggregated system that he was forced to keep pushing, but as the track became increasingly perilous during his out-lap, the car aquaplaned and hit the wall at turn eight.
- DOWN in Florida, where good roads often parallel the water for miles at a stretch, aquaplane enthusiasts have invented a new sports thrill. 2008 July
- No one under 12 years of age may operate legally a vessel towing a person(s) on water skis, an aquaplane, a parasail, or similar device.
- A traffic policeman had a miraculous escape after his patrol car aquaplaned on a wet road, hit the central reservation of the A120 and burst into flames
- Unfortunately, on Anthony's second run of the morning he aquaplaned off the circuit, damaging the chassis.
- However, with the road wet from the showers that had been falling in the district, it aquaplaned off the road and went nose-first into the embankment.