airboat

noun

air·​boat ˈer-ˌbōt 

: a shallow-draft boat driven by an airplane propeller and steered by an airplane rudder

Examples of airboat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Michigan State Police Aviation and Roscommon County Marine Patrol, using their airboat, along with other agencies on foot, assisted the sheriff's office with the search. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

The Broward Sheriff’s Office has released rescue footage showing the response to a deadly airboat collision in the western Everglades earlier this month. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

Haunted truck tours and airboat tours are available separately. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

What Duane Betts Talks About On This Episode Growing up along Sarasota Bay and remembering the Florida of his childhood, from fishing trips and Lake Okeechobee airboat rides to summers in Islamorada. — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above