Definition of speedboat
: a fast launch or motorboat
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Examples of speedboat in a Sentence
speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
Recent Examples of speedboat from the Web
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Separately, nine people, including six children, died Sunday after a speedboat carrying 15 refugees sank off the coast of Turkey’s southern province of Antalya, the Turkish coast guard said.
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This might be Jaguar’s most exciting news about their speedboat game, but it’s hardly their first foray into electric transportation.
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Business was good enough at his insurance company to pay for a five-bedroom house outside Indianapolis, a speedboat tied up at a nearby lake and a closet stuffed with designer suits.
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Its corals have been decimated by the suffocating clouds of sand and sediment churned up by speedboats.
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In front of him, on the Rio Grande, the Border Patrol’s marine unit zoomed past in speedboats.
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Kevin Brown, a 37-year-old wealthy entrepreneur from Rocky River, Ohio, near Cleveland, was killed instantly when his 32-foot catamaran speedboat flipped over and crashed.
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The most danger—to both people and dolphins—comes from the crowd of swimmers and the number of speedboats going back and forth at Satayah.
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Mena welcomes recent steps taken by the Spanish government on a bill to restrict the use of large speedboats.
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First Known Use of speedboat
1911
speedboat Synonyms
SPEEDBOAT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of speedboat for English Language Learners
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: a motorboat that can go very fast
SPEEDBOAT Defined for Kids
Definition of speedboat for Students
: a motorboat designed to go fast
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