aquaplane

Meanings

1. A board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat.

1. To ride for leisure standing up on a board pulled on a water surface by a motorboat.
2. Of a car or other road vehicle: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle's tyres sliding on a film of water on the road.

Etymology

PIE word *h₂ékʷeh₂ The noun is derived from aqua- (prefix meaning ‘water’) + plane (“flat or level surface”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”)). The verb is derived from the noun, and is analysable as aqua- + plane (“to glide; to soar; to skim a water surface”).