hovercraft
/ˈhʌvərˌkræft/
noun
- A vehicle that travels over land or water on a cushion of air created by a downward blast of air from its engines.
- The hovercraft glided smoothly across the marshy ground.
- The rescue team used a hovercraft to reach people stranded by the flood.
- Tourists took a hovercraft ride across the English Channel.