speedboat

See also: speed boat

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Etymology

From speed +‎ boat.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspidˌboʊt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

speedboat (plural speedboats)

1. A fast boat, usually small (for 1-8 people).

   Hypernyms: powerboat < boat < vessel

   Hyponyms: go-fast boat, cigarette boat, rum-runner

2. A boat designed and built for racing.

   Hypernyms: powerboat < boat < vessel

   Hyponyms: go-fast boat, cigarette boat, rum-runner

3. A boat used for waterskiing.

Translations

fast boat

Bulgarian: скутер (skuter) Chinese: Mandarin: 馬達快艇 / 马达快艇 (mǎdá kuàitǐng), 快艇 (zh) (kuàitǐng) Danish: speedbåd c Finnish: pikavene German: Motorboot (de) n Irish: luasbhád m Macanese: faitiám Macedonian: гли́сер m (glíser) Norwegian: Bokmål: speedbåt m Nynorsk: speedbåt m Russian: гли́ссер (ru) m (glísser), быстрохо́дный ка́тер m (bystroxódnyj káter) Scottish Gaelic: bàta-luath m Spanish: lancha (es) f, lancha motora f, planeadora f Swedish: racerbåt c, motorbåt (sv) c (less specific)

racing boat

Finnish: kilpavene French: vedette (fr) f German: Rennboot (de) n Hebrew: סִירַת מֵרוֹץ (he) f (sirat merots) Irish: luasbhád m Macedonian: гли́сер m (glíser) Russian: гли́ссер (ru) m (glísser) Spanish: lancha de carerras f Swedish: racerbåt c

waterskiing boat

Finnish: vetovene Irish: luasbhád m Macedonian: гли́сер m (glíser) Russian: гли́ссер (ru) m (glísser)

Verb

speedboat (third-person singular simple present speedboats, present participle speedboating, simple past and past participle speedboated)

1. (intransitive) To travel by speedboat.