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jet boat

American

Or jetboat

noun

a small, propellerless boat powered by an engine that ejects water for its thrust.

jet boat British

noun

a power boat that is powered and steered by a jet of water under pressure

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Other Word Forms

jet boating noun

Etymology

Origin of jet boat

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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Today, Morfin’s enterprise offers traditional dinners featuring Native dances and songs, Appaloosa-riding experiences, white-water rafting and tribe member-led jet boat tours of the Snake.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023

Plein’s show also included a fighter jet, boat and cars, making for a “military-meets-decadence air,” the New York Post reported.

From Fox News • Feb. 25, 2020

On the red jet boat, Tuntiak Katan, the territory and natural-resources director for the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, was along for the ride.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018

The information at this compact museum comes at you faster than the “Miami Vice”-style jet boat that was seized in the Miami area and used by Buffalo’s station to police the Great Lakes.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2018

The crew of spacemen climbed out of the jet boat into the still blackness of the night side of the planet.

From Danger in Deep Space by Glanzman, Louis

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