PT boat
noun U.S. Military.
a small, fast, lightly armed, unarmored, and highly maneuverable boat used chiefly for torpedoing enemy shipping.
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Also called mosquito boat, motor torpedo boat.
Origin of PT boat
1940–45; p(atrol)t(orpedo)
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