Meanings
noungunboat (plural gunboats)
plural gunboats
- nauticalAny of the various types of small armed vessels.
Knock knock. It's the United States. With huge boats (with guns); gunboats.
2016 February 2, Bill Wurtz, 4:45 from the start, in history of japan1 more example
Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.
2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021
Origin
Translations
Arabic زَوْرَق مِدْفَعِيَّة
- زَوْرَق مِدْفَعِيَّة (zawraq midfaʕiyya)small armed vessel
Bulgarian канонерка
- канонерка (kanonerka)small armed vessel
Catalan canonera
- canonerasmall armed vessel
Chinese Mandarin 炮艇, 炮艦 /炮舰
- 炮艇 (pàotǐng)small armed vessel
- 炮艦 /炮舰 (pàojiàn)small armed vessel
Czech dělový člun
- dělový člunsmall armed vessel
Danish kanonbåd
- kanonbådsmall armed vessel
Dutch kanonneerboot
- kanonneerbootsmall armed vessel
Esperanto kanonboato
- kanonboatosmall armed vessel
Finnish tykkivene
- tykkivenesmall armed vessel
French canonnière
- canonnièresmall armed vessel
German Kanonenboot
- Kanonenbootsmall armed vessel
Greek κανονιοφόρος
- κανονιοφόρος (kanoniofóros)small armed vessel
Hungarian ágyúnaszád, gyorsnaszád
- ágyúnaszádsmall armed vessel
- gyorsnaszádsmall armed vessel
Italian cannoniera
- cannonierasmall armed vessel
Japanese 砲艦
- 砲艦 (hōkan)small armed vessel
Korean 포함
- 포함 (poham)small armed vessel
Norwegian kanonbåt
- kanonbåtsmall armed vessel
Polish kanonierka
- kanonierkasmall armed vessel
Portuguese canhoneira
- canhoneirasmall armed vessel
Russian каноне́рская ло́дка, канонерка
- каноне́рская ло́дка (kanonérskaja lódka)small armed vessel
- канонерка (kanonerka)small armed vessel
Spanish cañonera, cañonero
- cañonerasmall armed vessel
- cañonerosmall armed vessel
Swedish kanonbåt
- kanonbåtsmall armed vessel
Tagalog bapor kanyonero
- bapor kanyonerosmall armed vessel
Thai เรือปืน
- เรือปืนsmall armed vessel
Turkish gambot
- gambotsmall armed vessel
Ukrainian каноне́рський чо́вен, каноне́рка
- каноне́рський чо́вен (kanonérsʹkyj čóven)small armed vessel
- каноне́рка (kanonérka)small armed vessel
Cite this entry
APA
gunboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunboat
MLA
“gunboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunboat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunboat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunboat.
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