as in motorboat
a boat equipped with a motor
his friend had a powerboat and took them out waterskiing
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Recent Examples of powerboat
Head with a guide (from $90 a person, minimum four people) on a small powerboat into mangrove forests filled with manatees, crocodiles, giant iguanas, and toucans.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
The electric powerboats carve through the iconic marina, with qualifying taking place on July 27 and the final race scheduled for 4 p.m. CET on July 28.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
For intermediate classes, a staff member may be in a nearby powerboat.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Horne is founder and chair of a separate company, Seabird, which focuses on electric powerboat design and development.
—Marylou Costa, Contributer, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
The electric powerboats carve through the iconic marina, with qualifying taking place on July 27 and the final race scheduled for 4 p.m. CET on July 28.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
For intermediate classes, a staff member may be in a nearby powerboat.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
Horne is founder and chair of a separate company, Seabird, which focuses on electric powerboat design and development.
—Marylou Costa, Contributer, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for powerboat
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The cast takes a motorboat to a giant, crusty-ass pirate ship in the middle of the ocean named Sinister, with an uncanny resemblance to the Flying Dutchman from SpongeBob SquarePants.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Ellie just wants to get out of this place and often is seen on the lake navigating her motorboat.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
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Preliminary reports suggested the naval speedboat had suffered an engine failure, according to the official.Esha Mitra, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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That night, Jacquemus held an after-party on the Lady Adriana, a boat moored off the Capri coast, and on the shuttle bus to the docks and the speedboat bearing guests out to the vessel, a young fan in a sleeveless shirt commandeered the PA system to lead rabble-rousing cheers.Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
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Behind the range, the white zigzagging veining on the black granite playfully evokes a shark fin or the tail fin of a Jet Age land cruiser like a 1959 Cadillac.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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But tethered inside the shallow and narrow Santa Cruz Harbor, few of the cruisers, catamarans and yachts were prepared for the fury of this week’s storm surge, which sunk at least 15 vessels and damaged many more.Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Powerboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerboat. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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