slang
as in cruiser
a boat equipped with a motor if I ever get filthy rich, I'm going to buy myself a stinkpot and take up fishing

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Noun
  • Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • These departments immediately ran into serious problems using the vehicles as cruisers, such as a lack of charging infrastructure, inadequate interior space, expensive and lengthy retrofitting processes, interference from advanced driver safety assistance systems and more.
    Erin Marquis / Jalopnik, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • When Eastman tried to escape, he was shot in the leg, then forced onto a motorboat by his abductors.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Jansson spent much of her life living in a cottage like this one – all wooden planks and questionable plumbing – where, in the film, Sophia, her father (Anders Danielsen Lie, quietly rewarding as ever) and Grandma arrive on a motorboat in the first scene.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In January, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, PIF, entered a multiyear partnership across Formula E auto racing, Extreme E off-road racing and E1 powerboat racing competitions.
    Jason Clinkscales for Sportico, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024
  • 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.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
Noun
  • The Hezbollah naval base held a training center, an area to conduct experiments and military speedboats that were intended to be used in attacks on Israeli navy vessels and targets within Israel’s territorial waters, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
  • This would require the use of mines, small speedboats and submarines: Iran has that equipment and routinely trains for this mission.
    James Stavridis, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024

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“Stinkpot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinkpot. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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