dictionary.com/porpoising · verified entry
/ˈpȯr-pə-siŋ/ — noun · verb, intransitive
An aircraft bouncing nose-first down the runway, each impact throwing it back into the air harder than the last.
cited in flight-safety writing — example
A speedboat's bow slamming up and down at speed — out of trim and, for a moment, out of the driver's control.
cited in boat-handling guides — example
A metric or a company that cycles on purpose toward a target and back — burn down, raise up, repeat.
cited in startup-strategy writing — example
A tunnel boring machine launching straight from the surface, digging its route, and resurfacing on its own — no launch pit required.
cited in tunneling-industry coverage of Elon Musk's Boring Company — example
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Usage note
The word owes its name to the porpoise itself — the animal breaking the surface, diving under, and rising again in the same steady rhythm. Formula 1 borrowed that image for its 2022 season, when new ground-effect cars started bouncing down the straights at speed, and commentators reached for the exact word already waiting in the dictionary rather than inventing a new one.
By the end of that season, "porpoising" was recognized by millions of fans who'd never heard it before — one of the more unusual, mainstream product-launches a dictionary word has had. example
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