Meanings
plural jet skis · alternative jetski · alternative jet-ski
- A small motorized watercraft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.
"Jet ski" is actually Kawasaki's name for their PWC (personal water craft) models, but like hoovers and speedos has become genericised.
2006 October, “Gimme Fuel: High Octane Advise for Buying a Ski”, in Tracks magazine, page 154Synonyms: PWC, personal water craft, water scooter, aquabike, waverunner
present singular third person jet skis · participle present jet skiing · participle past jet skied · past jet skied · alternative jetski · alternative jet-ski
- intransitiveTo ride on a jet ski.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small motorized watercraft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.
Origin
A genericized trademark of Jet Ski. By surface analysis, jet + ski.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دَرَّاجَة مَائِيَّة, جِيت سْكِي
- دَرَّاجَة مَائِيَّة (darrāja māʔiyya)small motorized water craft
- جِيت سْكِي (jīt skī)small motorized water craft
Chinese Cantonese 水上摩托
- 水上摩托 (seoi² soeng⁶ mo¹ tok³)small motorized water craft
Chinese Mandarin 水上摩托, 水上摩托车
- 水上摩托 (shuǐ shàng mó tuō)small motorized water craft
- 水上摩托车 (shuǐ shàng mó tuō chē)small motorized water craft
Danish jetski, vandscooter
- jetskismall motorized water craft
- vandscootersmall motorized water craft
- stå på jetskito ride on a jet ski
- køre på vandscooterto ride on a jet ski
- sejle vandscooterto ride on a jet ski
Dutch jetski, jetskiën
- jetskismall motorized water craft
- jetskiënto ride on a jet ski
Finnish vesiskootteri
- vesiskootterismall motorized water craft
French jet ski, motomarine
- jet skismall motorized water craft
- motomarinesmall motorized water craft
- moto aquatiquesmall motorized water craft
- scooter des merssmall motorized water craft
German Wassermotorrad
- Wassermotorradsmall motorized water craft
Greek τζετ σκι
- τζετ σκι (tzet ski)small motorized water craft
Hebrew אוֹפַנּוֹעַ יָם
- אוֹפַנּוֹעַ יָם (ofanóa' yam)small motorized water craft
Hindi जेट स्की
- जेट स्की (jeṭ skī)small motorized water craft
Italian moto d'acqua, acquascooter
- moto d'acquasmall motorized water craft
- acquascootersmall motorized water craft
- scooter acquaticosmall motorized water craft
Japanese ジェットスキー
- ジェットスキー (jettosukī)small motorized water craft
Korean 제트 스키
- 제트 스키 (jeteu seuki)small motorized water craft
Norwegian Bokmål vannscooter, kjøre vannscooter
- vannscootersmall motorized water craft
- kjøre vannscooterto ride on a jet ski
Polish skuter wodny, jeździć skuterem wodnym
- skuter wodnysmall motorized water craft
- jeździć skuterem wodnymto ride on a jet ski
Portuguese jet ski
- jet skismall motorized water craft
Russian гидроци́кл, водный мотоцикл
- гидроци́кл (gidrocíkl)small motorized water craft
- водный мотоцикл (vodnyj motocikl)small motorized water craft
Spanish jet ski (yetski), moto de agua
- jet ski (yetski)small motorized water craft
- moto de aguasmall motorized water craft
- moto acuáticasmall motorized water craft
Swedish vattenskoter
- vattenskotersmall motorized water craft
Turkish deniz motosikleti, deniz motoru
- deniz motosikletismall motorized water craft
- deniz motorusmall motorized water craft
- su kızağısmall motorized water craft
Ukrainian скутер
- скутер (skuter)small motorized water craft
Cite this entry
jet ski. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet%20ski
“jet ski.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet%20ski. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jet ski,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jet%20ski.
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