cigarette boat

noun

A small, fast boat with a planing hull used to smuggle cigarettes to avoid taxation.

“Near-synonym: speedboat”

Similar
go-fast boatrum-runnerspeedboat
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Meanings

nouncigarette boat (plural cigarette boats)

plural cigarette boats · alternative cigarette-boat

  1. CanadaUSA small, fast boat with a planing hull used to smuggle cigarettes to avoid taxation.

    MICHAELA: You're not a mobster, Ethan! You're not gonna run drugs back and forth to South America in your cigarette boat!

    2014, Molly Smith Metzler, Elemeno Pea, →ISBN, page 55
  2. A powerboat of the type similar to a vessel that is used to smuggle cigarettes.

    Near-synonym: speedboat

    Synonyms: go-fast boat, rum-runner, speedboat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA powerboat of the type similar to a vessel that is used to smuggle cigarettes.

Similar
go-fast boatrum-runnerspeedboat
Also see
go-fast boatrum-runner
Cite this entry
APA

cigarette boat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20boat

MLA

“cigarette boat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20boat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cigarette boat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20boat.

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