speedboat
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of speedboat
1910–15; speed ( def. ) + boat ( def. )
Example Sentences
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With no air ambulances allowed to fly in to help, the captain was transferred to shore on a speed boat and taken to the Rashid Hospital in Dubai.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
There was also a picture of the Royal Family standing around a speed boat in 1969, looking like winners on a game show.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024
Delirious with thirst and hunger, they suddenly spotted a speed boat in the distance and frantically waved their clothes in the air.
From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023
The twin-engine speed boat named “Bare Ambition” apparently capsized about seven miles from New Providence after leaving the Bahamas around 1 a.m. on Sunday, likely bound for Miami.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2022
As we hit the ocean, we bumped once, twice, skipping like a stone, then we were whizzing along like a speed boat, salt spray in our faces and nothing but sea ahead.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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