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noun U.S. Military.
a small, fast, lightly armed, unarmored, and highly maneuverable boat used chiefly for torpedoing enemy shipping.
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Origin of PT boat
1940â45; p(atrol)t(orpedo)
Words nearby PT boat
psywar,
pt,
PTA,
Ptah,
ptarmigan,
PT boat,
PTC,
PTCA,
PTE,
pter-,
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How to use PT boat in a sentence
My captain on the boat, Brazakka, he wanted me to do this Hemingway bit, with the white stubble, and he wanted the hero angle.
The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.
On Belgika, Botala and his family watched as the white men loaded their families into a large boat and took off for Kisangani.
Translatorsâmany of whom came by boat themselvesâwork through the crowds with Italian authorities to take down names and details.
âWhen the smuggler boat is ready, they call you,â Saed says.
Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.
That he laughed at their folly, and went himself in the boat, ordering his men to take a strong cable along with them.
Many of them were wounded and the worst of these were put into a picket boat which had just that moment come along.
British Dictionary definitions for PT boat
noun
patrol torpedo boat, the former US term for an MTBCompare MTB Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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