jet boat

American  

Or jetboat

noun

1. a small, propellerless boat powered by an engine that ejects water for its thrust.

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jet boat British  

noun

1. a power boat that is powered and steered by a jet of water under pressure

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Other Word Forms

• jet boating noun

Etymology

Origin of jet boat

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Center Corey Linsley joked about Herbert purchasing “a jet boat.”

From Los Angeles Times

Perched on a cliff was a visitor center where we met up with Hells Canyon Adventures, a jet boat tour company offering half-day trips through Class III and IV rapids.

From Seattle Times

Today, Morfin’s enterprise offers traditional dinners featuring Native dances and songs, Appaloosa-riding experiences, white-water rafting and tribe member-led jet boat tours of the Snake.

From Seattle Times

Then there’s Ojai, and Ravinia, and Spoleto, and Caramoor, and Bard, and Cabrillo and many, many more festivals; if your budget stretches and your stomach is strong, you can even take a jet boat down the Colorado to hear “Quartet for the End of Time” in a riverside grotto outside Moab.

From New York Times

In 1955, Don Smith was the first to make the return trip on the river, using a flat-bottomed aluminum jet boat he designed and built.

From Seattle Times