speedboat
Americannoun
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speedboats
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of speedboat
1910–15; speed ( def. ) + boat ( def. )
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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
He is quoted by VnExpress as saying that the speedboat may have capsized due to heavy winds and high waves.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
More than 60% of those fast-attack craft and speedboat vessels remain intact and continue to pose a threat, according to Farzin Nadimi, an Iran-focused senior fellow with the Washington Institute, a U.S.-based think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
A ragtag group took to the Straits of Florida on a speedboat, wanting to spark a rebellion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
We turned into it with our hands up in front of our faces to block the camera, but the flash had come from the sunlight’s reflecting off the window of a turning Coast Guard speedboat.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Often, the group used a fleet of high-powered speedboats to conduct rapid maritime operations.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Maguras are 25-foot-long unmanned speedboats that can carry a payload of more than 1,700 pounds for more than 350 miles, according to Uforce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The US military said it had struck over 80 targets including Iranian speedboats in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 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
They had ridden in speedboats and played tennis.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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