speedboat

noun

speed·​boat ˈspēd-ˌbōt How to pronounce speedboat (audio)
: a fast launch or motorboat
speedboating noun

Examples of speedboat in a Sentence

speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Colt escapes by initially driving a speedboat while facing away from the controls, evades his pursuers by zigging and zagging through the river, and then purposefully drives his boat into a floating pontoon, faking his own death via the gigantic explosion. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025 On the border of Argentina and Brazil, a speedboat safari cuts through the lower portion of Iguazú Falls. Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2024 Between the use of a speedboat as a weapon, the unceremonious and shocking murder of Billy Magnussen's big bad, and all that aggressive stabbing with a shard of wood, director Doug Liman made sure to keep audiences gasping and cringing until the very end. Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Some of the pirates were already waiting there in speedboats. Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for speedboat

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of speedboat was in 1911

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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speedboat. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

speedboat

noun
speed·​boat ˈspēd-ˌbōt How to pronounce speedboat (audio)
: a fast motorboat

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