speedboat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of speedboat
1910–15; speed ( def. ) + boat ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Speedboat scenes have also been shot on the River Thames, while the production has visited Morocco, Austria, Italy and Mexico, where Bond was filmed amidst the country's Day of the Dead carnival.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2015
Speedboat regattas were held on the sea; people water-skied.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2015
I think Speedboat will find a new generation of dazzled readers, and Jean Rhys’ novels should, too.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2013
The irony Broyard is talking about in Speedboat is wittier, denser, more artful than what we are generally talking about when we talk about irony now.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2013
Like Speedboat, the new book is an artful arrangement of discontinuous parts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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