jet boat
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
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
"Couldn't we blast off in the jet boat and then land after the explosions, sir?" asked Astro.
From Danger in Deep Space by Louis Glanzman
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