speedboat

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US/ˈspidˌboʊt/

noun

A fast boat, usually small (for 1-8 people).

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounspeedboat (plural speedboats)

plural speedboats

  1. A fast boat, usually small (for 1-8 people).
  2. A boat designed and built for racing.
  3. A boat used for waterskiing.
verbspeedboat (third-person singular simple present speedboats, present participle speedboating, simple past and past participle speedboated)

present singular third person speedboats · participle present speedboating · participle past speedboated · past speedboated

  1. intransitiveTo travel by speedboat.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian скутер
  • скутер (skuter)fast boat
Chinese Cantonese 大飛 /大飞
  • 大飛 /大飞 (daai⁶ fei¹)fast boat
Chinese Mandarin 馬達快艇 /马达快艇, 快艇
  • 馬達快艇 /马达快艇 (mǎdá kuàitǐng)fast boat
  • 快艇 (kuàitǐng)fast boat
Danish speedbåd
  • speedbådfast boat
Finnish pikavene, kilpavene
  • pikavenefast boat
  • kilpaveneracing boat
  • vetovenewaterskiing boat
French vedette
  • vedetteracing boat
German Motorboot, Rennboot
  • Motorbootfast boat
  • Rennbootracing boat
Hebrew סִירַת מֵרוֹץ
  • סִירַת מֵרוֹץ (sirat merots)racing boat
Irish luasbhád, luasbhád
  • luasbhádfast boat
  • luasbhádracing boat
  • luasbhádwaterskiing boat
Norwegian Bokmål speedbåt
  • speedbåtfast boat
Russian гли́ссер, быстрохо́дный ка́тер
  • гли́ссер (glísser)fast boat
  • быстрохо́дный ка́тер (bystroxódnyj káter)fast boat
  • гли́ссер (glísser)racing boat
  • гли́ссер (glísser)waterskiing boat
Scottish Gaelic bàta-luath
  • bàta-luathfast boat
Spanish lancha, lancha motora
  • lanchafast boat
  • lancha motorafast boat
  • planeadorafast boat
  • lancha de carrerasracing boat
Swedish racerbåt, motorbåt
  • racerbåtfast boat
  • motorbåtfast boat
  • racerbåtracing boat
Cite this entry
APA

speedboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedboat

MLA

“speedboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedboat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speedboat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedboat.

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