Meanings
plural airboats
- A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
In keeping with that mission, the law called for the use of airboats in the national park to be phased out.
2016 June 11, Lizette Alvarez, “In a Corner of the Everglades, a Way of Life Ebbs”, in The New York Times1 more example
No seats were used yet and the pilot of the airboat stood by the engine and operated the throttle manually. Later, a stick control similar to that used in small aircraft was attached to the rudder ropes.
2000, Jim Huffstodt, Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Danger and Adventure in the Glades, Pineapple Press Inc, →ISBN, page 74Synonyms: fanboat, swamp boat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
Origin
- Latināēr
- Old Frenchair
- Middle Englishaire
- Englishair
- Englishboat
- Englishairboat
Translations
Finnish rämevene, suokiituri
- rämeveneflat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller
- suokiituriflat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller
French hydroglisseur
- hydroglisseurflat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller
German Sumpfboot
- Sumpfbootflat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller
Portuguese aerobarco
- aerobarcoflat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller
Spanish hidrodeslizador
- hidrodeslizadorflat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller
Turkish bataklık teknesi
- bataklık teknesiflat-bottomed boat driven by an air propeller
Cite this entry
airboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airboat
“airboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airboat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airboat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airboat.
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