Explore Hydroplane through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like seaplane or airplane. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hydroplane meaning
- To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
- For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
Using Hydroplane
- The main meaning on this page is: To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed. | For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
- Useful related words include: seaplane, airplane, aeroplane, plane.
- In the example corpus, hydroplane often appears in combinations such as: to hydroplane, hydroplane and, hydroplane at.
Context around Hydroplane
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hydroplane
- In this selection, "hydroplane" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rider, water, unlimited, boat, slo and race stand out and add context to how "hydroplane" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 11 unlimited hydroplane participates nationally and and a hydroplane are some. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hydroplane" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hydroplane
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bell considered the invention of the hydroplane as a very significant achievement. (12 words)
This was paired with a three-point hydroplane constructed from hardwood with a mahogany veneer finish. (16 words)
J & D’s Racing’s U-11 unlimited hydroplane participates nationally and is manned by driver Jamie Nilsen. (18 words)
But when traveling with a high-speed naval taskforce, the arsenal ship will sacrifice stealth to use its flat hull bottom to hydroplane at high speeds, cutting across the waves like a speedboat or amphibious armored vehicle. (37 words)
In early 1953, Campbell began development of his own advanced all-metal jet-powered Bluebird K7 hydroplane to challenge the record, by now held by the American prop rider hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV. (34 words)
Edmonds based Unlimited Racing Group owners Shannon Raney and her husband Scott displayed their award-winning U-11 hydroplane at the Edmonds Yacht Club Friday evening during a membership dinner. (30 words)
Example sentences (13)
In early 1953, Campbell began development of his own advanced all-metal jet-powered Bluebird K7 hydroplane to challenge the record, by now held by the American prop rider hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV.
All of sudden, his steering went light as Cole began to hydroplane and slide from side to side over the four lanes.
He explained that he picked up a girl and she got busy while he was driving, managed to hydroplane and hit a telephone pole.
Keep calm, don’t oversteer or stomp on the brakes if you start to hydroplane or skid when your tires lose traction with the wet road.
But when traveling with a high-speed naval taskforce, the arsenal ship will sacrifice stealth to use its flat hull bottom to hydroplane at high speeds, cutting across the waves like a speedboat or amphibious armored vehicle.
Deputy Rice is remembered at Boatnik each year through the ‘Tom Rice Memorial White Water Hydroplane Race’ on Memorial day afternoon.
Edmonds based Unlimited Racing Group owners Shannon Raney and her husband Scott displayed their award-winning U-11 hydroplane at the Edmonds Yacht Club Friday evening during a membership dinner.
Enzo sent his Chief Engineer Stefano Meazza and some of the Scuderia Ferrari crew members to help make the hydroplane boat faster.
J & D’s Racing’s U-11 unlimited hydroplane participates nationally and is manned by driver Jamie Nilsen.
This was paired with a three-point hydroplane constructed from hardwood with a mahogany veneer finish.
The railroad, bank, library and a hydroplane are some of the many things that will be depicted in the mural on the smokestack.
Bell considered the invention of the hydroplane as a very significant achievement.
The Budweiser brand is promoted in motorsports, from Bernie Little 's Miss Budweiser hydroplane boat to sponsorship of the Budweiser King Top Fuel Dragster driven by Brandon Bernstein.
Common combinations with hydroplane
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to hydroplane 4×
- hydroplane and 2×
- hydroplane at 2×
- the hydroplane 2×
- hydroplane boat 2×