speedboat

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speed·boat | \ ˈspēd-ˌbōt

Definition of speedboat

: a fast launch or motorboat

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speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline

Recent Examples on the Web Without being told their destination, they were driven in a van with the windows blacked out for three hours across the Everglades to a fishing shack and then piled into a speedboat. — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021 In 2015, former president Abdulla Yameen escaped unharmed after an explosion on his speedboat, while a 2007 blast blamed on Islamist militants targeted foreign tourists and injured 12 people. — Reuters, CNN, 6 May 2021 The lake is small and quiet, big enough for one speedboat/Jet Ski at a time. — Star Tribune, 6 May 2021 There are more than a dozen cruise options available, including the Seadog speedboat thrill rides, all with extra COVID precautions and sanitation procedures. — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 29 Apr. 2021 The Indians were made to climb onto a speedboat that took them to the supply vessel which the pirates had hijacked the night before. — Saudamini Jain, CNN, 20 Mar. 2021 The unidentified passengers hopped onto a speedboat and raced off toward mainland waters, according to the news summary. — Andy Meek, BGR, 8 Apr. 2021 In 1952, while going more than 200 miles per hour at Loch Ness in Scotland, Cobb’s speedboat broke up, killing him. — oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2021 As the ship rounded the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage off the coast of Iran, a speedboat that had been trailing in its wake accelerated, zipping alongside the freighter. — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021

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