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aquaplane (s) (noun), aquaplanes (pl)
1. A board pulled over the water by a motorboat and ridden by a person standing up.
2. Water-skiing boards on which people stand while they are being towed by a motorboat.
This entry is located in the following unit: aqua-, aquatic-, aqui-, aqu-, -aquatically, aque-, -aqueous (page 2)
aquaplane (verb), aquaplanes; aquaplaned; aquaplaning
1. To stand on an aquaplane and to move across the surface of water; usually, by being towed by a motor boat."
2. With reference to cars, to rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and the road so that there is no more contact with the road or street.

In other words, if a motor vehicle aquaplanes, it is sliding out of control or skimming uncontrollably on a thin film of water on a wet road.

This entry is located in the following unit: aqua-, aquatic-, aqui-, aqu-, -aquatically, aque-, -aqueous (page 2)