speedboat
Americannoun
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speedboats
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of speedboat
1910–15; speed ( def. ) + boat ( def. )
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Several tourist vessels operating in the area quickly came to the rescue, finding many passengers trapped inside the speedboat, Vietnam's VnExpress reported.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
He is quoted by VnExpress as saying that the speedboat may have capsized due to heavy winds and high waves.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
More than 60% of those fast-attack craft and speedboat vessels remain intact and continue to pose a threat, according to Farzin Nadimi, an Iran-focused senior fellow with the Washington Institute, a U.S.-based think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Ten of them this past week boarded a speedboat for what one of them told relatives was a fishing trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
“There’s a speedboat I take every morning with a man named Mister Lochana.”
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
In addition to a metal fence and a floating barrier installed earlier this week, Morocco had dispatched army officers, navy speedboats and drones to the border on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The US military said it had struck over 80 targets including Iranian speedboats in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
U.S. authorities deny any part in the puzzling series of events, which involved a pair of 35-ton fishing craft — not the sleek speedboats typically pictured in Department of Defense videos of maritime strikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
The ad giant ferried clients and potential clients by private speedboats to the secluded Saint-Honorat Island, where they enjoyed an al fresco paella and zucchini-flower lunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But he couldn’t resist a little modernity here and there; he sped around his lake in gleaming speedboats.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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