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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“We can tell you it’s a tanker, it’s a fishing vessel, it’s a speedboat, it’s a sailing boat,” said Zack Spica, a University of Michigan assistant professor who co-founded Lumetec, which is selling the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Ten of them this past week boarded a speedboat for what one of them told relatives was a fishing trip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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
Lane Kiffin, by contrast, bailed on his players and now resembles a renegade pirate at the helm of a flashy speedboat — fast, loud, brash and obsessively searching for buried treasure.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
Another big bluefin whooshing along the surface like a speedboat, throwing a wake, chomping on tinker.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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