gas boat

noun

A boat powered by a petrol engine.

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Meanings

noungas boat (plural gas boats)

plural gas boats

  1. CanadaUSA boat powered by a petrol engine.

    Round noon the gas boat’s impudent sputter ticked out across the wide face of the Naas River.

    1941, Emily Carr, chapter 9, in Klee Wyck

Origin

From gas + boat.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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