jet boat

American

Or jetboat

noun

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

jet boat British

noun

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

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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 • Aug. 19, 2023

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

In three days the jet boat would become an airless shell.

From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Glanzman, Louis

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