speedboat
Americannoun
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speedboats
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of speedboat
1910–15; speed ( def. ) + boat ( def. )
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Last year Machado left Venezuela on a speedboat and in darkness to travel to Norway and accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The River Thames wound its way through 1999's The World Is Not Enough, with Bond whizzing in a speedboat past the Houses of Parliament, through Tower Bridge to Docklands and the then-Millennium Dome.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Rather than try to flee, the larger speedboat began circling the inflatable, taunting the four Civil Guard officers aboard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
On Monday, a speedboat carrying eight people, including five journalists working for local and international news agencies went missing near a volcano, Mount Anak Krakatau, in Banten province and a search is ongoing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Yes,” I say, and I tell her of the day I fell off Mister Lochana’s speedboat and nearly drowned before I’d even had a chance to fully learn how to walk.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
In a U.S. combat first, three unmanned speedboats attacked an Iranian submarine and ship facility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The vessels deployed in Sunday’s attack, known as Saronic Corsairs, are 24-foot-long speedboats that can travel more than 1,000 miles and carry payloads of up to 1,000 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
U.S. authorities deny any part in the puzzling series of events, which involved a pair of 35-ton fishing craft — not the sleek speedboats typically pictured in Department of Defense videos of maritime strikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
In his office, the commanding officer enlarges an image showing a swarm of speedboats carrying out such an attack.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
A fleet of a dozen speedboats raced through the dark water toward Manhattan.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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