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noun
a small, propellerless boat powered by an engine that ejects water for its thrust.
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Origin of jet boat
First recorded in 1960â65
OTHER WORDS FROM jet boat
jet boating, nounWords nearby jet boat
jet,
jet airplane,
jetavator,
jetbead,
jet-black,
jet boat,
jetborne,
jet condenser,
jeté,
jet-enamelled ware,
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How to use jet boat in a sentence
Back-country guides loaded llamas onto jet boats and herded them into Cessnas for âllama packingâ adventures and hunting excursions.
Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.
The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.
My captain on the boat, Brazakka, he wanted me to do this Hemingway bit, with the white stubble, and he wanted the hero angle.
But even when the jet will be able to shoot its gun, the F-35 barely carries enough ammunition to make the weapon useful.
Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.
Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.
That he laughed at their folly, and went himself in the boat, ordering his men to take a strong cable along with them.
Many of them were wounded and the worst of these were put into a picket boat which had just that moment come along.
British Dictionary definitions for jet boat
noun
NZ a power boat that is powered and steered by a jet of water under pressure
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