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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A video on the website shows two Sinoguards employees arriving by speedboat at a tanker in the Gulf of Oman marked with the name and logo of Cosco Shipping, a state-run Chinese shipping giant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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
The interior ministry said earlier that the speedboat had entered its territorial waters and was "one nautical mile off Cayo Falcones" on the country's northern coast when it was intercepted.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
The chosen group of 30 boys filmed on mountain tops and in the jungle, mangroves, waterfalls and beaches on a remote island off Langkawi, which they travelled to by speedboat.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
And when night fell and the lights of Chattana blazed across the water, and Somkit chattered on and on about orb motors and the latest speedboat models, Pong stayed silent.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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
Central Command said it used Apache helicopters to sink the Iranian speedboats that were harassing traffic in the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Authorities have since imposed a fishing ban on the Kafue River and deployed the air force and speedboats to drop lime to reduce acidity levels in the affected waterways.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
There wasn’t a thing in the way of diversions, nowhere to buy a book or even a magazine that didn’t involve speedboats, customized cars, or guns and ammo.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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