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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.
2. Water-skiing boards on which people stand while they are being towed by a motorboat.
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aqua-, aquatic-, aqui-, aqu-, -aquatically, aque-, -aqueous
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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.
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.
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aqua-, aquatic-, aqui-, aqu-, -aquatically, aque-, -aqueous
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