personal watercraft

noun

1. a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.

2. these boats collectively.

Word History and Origins

Origin of personal watercraft¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Vang used some of the money from the business to buy a five-acre, $1.235-million home in Rio Linda, another home in Sacramento, as well as more than a dozen cars and personal watercraft, authorities said.

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In a June 2023 video that circulated on social media, a man is seen riding a personal watercraft close to a whale, seemingly recording the encounter with a cellphone.

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The man on the personal watercraft seemed to be about 15 meters from the animal, prosecutors said last year.

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He spent $107,620 for a vacation to the Bahamas in 2016, where he stayed on a superyacht that had a personal chef and personal watercraft.

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After Mr. Kwon made the dangerous trip, crossing around 200 miles of ocean by personal watercraft, he was found stranded on a mud flat off South Korea’s west coast, near Incheon.

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