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 crew would indeed appear to be at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, because the Navy wasn’t satisfied with disabling the speedboat with a single powerful strike, but kept bombing it to smithereens after the initial hit.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
His later works, which took cars and speedboats as their themes, were similarly handmade, their forms at once suggesting nostalgia and escape velocity.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2025
The video appears to show a long, multi-engine speedboat traveling at sea when a bright flash of light busts over the craft.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
In Ukraine, compact, seatless drones that resemble speedboats have been used to deliver large explosive payloads, significantly impacting Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
His later works, which took cars and speedboats as their themes, were similarly handmade, their forms at once suggesting nostalgia and escape velocity.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 Sep. 2025
The video appears to show a long, multi-engine speedboat traveling at sea when a bright flash of light busts over the craft.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
In Ukraine, compact, seatless drones that resemble speedboats have been used to deliver large explosive payloads, significantly impacting Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speedboat
Noun
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Leith returned me to shore in a motorboat.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The couple and their family are shown on surfboards, motorboats, and kayaks.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In total, approximately 4,500 Marines and sailors are deployed, supported by a cruiser, several destroyers, and a Los Angeles-class attack submarine equipped with more than 400 missile tubes capable of precision strikes.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Police cruiser hayrides are back this year, along with many other exciting activities.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Powering over the horizon on my beloved center console powerboat and not wearing a shirt for long periods of time!—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This weekend, the historic powerboat racing series returns to east Mission Bay for the 57th time.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speedboat. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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