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hovercraft

or DZ··ڳ

[ huhv-er-kraft, -krahft, hov- ]

noun

Chiefly British.
plural hovercraft.
  1. ACV.


hovercraft

/ ˈɒəˌɑːڳ /

noun

  1. a vehicle that is able to travel across both land and water on a cushion of air. The cushion is produced by a fan continuously forcing air under the vehicle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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On another occasion, it was delivered to the centre of the pitch by a hovercraft.

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Other troops arrived in semi-inflatable rubber boats, with heavy equipment carried to shore on military hovercraft.

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A petition calling for a rescue of the sheep has gathered more than 52,000 signatures, while a hovercraft company has said it might be able to help.

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Christ was immediately infatuated with the flashy Y2K album artwork of the genre: colorful, sci-fi dreamscapes that featured skyscrapers or hovercrafts from the 22nd century.

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Others have knocked out Russian radar positions on offshore gas platforms and, according to Kyiv, used experimental maritime drones to attack a hovercraft missile carrier at the entrance to Sevastopol harbour.

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