jet boat
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of jet boat
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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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 ● Jul. 29, 2022
Plein’s show also included a fighter jet, boat and cars, making for a “military-meets-decadence air,” the New York Post reported.
From Fox News ● Feb. 25, 2020
On the red jet boat, Tuntiak Katan, the territory and natural-resources director for the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, was along for the ride.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2018
The next morning, guide John Smolko captained our jet boat upstream, weaving through verdant forests and around snags and gravel bars.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2017
Being assigned to the jet boat with Coxine, instead of Wallace, had been a lucky break and Tom wished for a little more of the same.
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Louis Glanzman
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