speedboat

See also: speed boat

English

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.