as in motorboat
a boat equipped with a motor
speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Recent Examples of speedboat
The video broadcast overnight Thursday showed masked troops pulling up in a gray speedboat to the MSC Francesca, one of three container ships fired upon the day before.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
The snarling sound of a speedboat broke the spell.
—Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
No hull means no wave impacts, and that's where most of a regular speedboat's noise and vibration come from.
—Omar Kardoudi
april 09, New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Private speedboat or catamaran charters are nothing compared to the experience aboard the Friendship Rose, a classic Caribbean schooner with soaring sails built by hand on the sands of Bequia's Friendship Bay several decades ago.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
The snarling sound of a speedboat broke the spell.
—Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
No hull means no wave impacts, and that's where most of a regular speedboat's noise and vibration come from.
—Omar Kardoudi
april 09, New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speedboat
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Arriving by late afternoon gave plenty of time for a few of us to take a motorboat shortcut to tiny but tony Portofino, where Dodge and rally regulars Ian Campbell and Robert Rooks were part of our small party soaking up the ambiance while sipping Aperol Spritz.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
11 May 2026
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The gun used in the murder was found in a motorboat parked in his garage.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
7 May 2026
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Trainor, killed at the age of 30 when a wrong-way driver crashed into his cruiser on Route 1 northbound early Wednesday morning in Lynnfield, joins hundreds of other officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty across Massachusetts.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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The neighborhood/area A prime location on a leafy street one mile from Kennebunkport’s buzzy Dock Square allows guests to skip the hassles of summer traffic and parking and use free cruiser bikes to visit downtown’s lobster shacks, bars, and boutiques.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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These are all places where anglers, waterskiers, and other lake users have been running powerboats for more than 100 years.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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Some powerboat rentals will operate from a dock farther east, with shuttles taking customers out.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speedboat. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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