hoverboard
noun /ˈhɒvəbɔːd/
/ˈhʌvərbɔːrd/
- (in science fiction stories) a short narrow board that travels above the surface of the ground, that you ride on in a standing position
- The hoverboard in that movie made me really, really want to be living in the year 2015.
- (in real life) a type of electric skateboard
- Now it's 2015 and hoverboards are really here but, sadly, they don't hover. They have wheels.