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speedboating

American  
[speed-boh-ting] / ˈspidˌboʊ tɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.


Etymology

Origin of speedboating

First recorded in 1925–30; speedboat + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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In these pages, Bush — so often labeled the speedboating, fly-fishing scion of Kennebunkport — grapples with his advantages, early and late in life.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2018

And then Lake George captured the spotlight as the place for speedboating.

From Time Magazine Archive

Winner of Amateur Class A and one of 18 drivers to finish in a field of 66 starters, was Gar Wood Jr., 16-year-old son of the famed speedboating "Silver Fox of Algonac."

From Time Magazine Archive

There were the usual family high jinks: speedboating, bluefishing, tennis matches, horseshoes--let the games begin!--people riding around the Point on those fat-tired old bikes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heroes would have been the rescuers--Special Forces soldiers dangling from helicopters, Jack Bauer speedboating down the Hudson--and the passengers would have been shrieking, panicking, useless.

From Time Magazine Archive

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