speedboat

See also: speed boat

English

Etymology

From speed +‎ boat.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspidˌboʊt/
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Noun

speedboat (plural speedboats)

A fast boat, usually small (for 1-8 people).
A boat designed and built for racing.
A boat used for waterskiing.

Translations

fast boat

Bulgarian: скутер (skuter)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬達快艇／马达快艇 (mǎdá kuàitǐng), 快艇 (zh) (kuàitǐng)
Danish: speedbåd c
Finnish: pikavene
German: Motorboot (de) n
Irish: luasbhád m
Macanese: faitiám
Macedonian: гли́сер m (glíser)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: speedbåt m

Nynorsk: speedbåt m
Russian: гли́ссер (ru) m (glísser), быстрохо́дный ка́тер m (bystroxódnyj káter)
Scottish Gaelic: bàta-luath m
Spanish: lancha (es) f, lancha motora f, planeadora f
Swedish: racerbåt c, motorbåt (sv) c (less specific)

racing boat

Finnish: kilpavene
French: vedette (fr) f
German: Rennboot (de) n
Hebrew: סִירַת מֵרוֹץ (he) f (sirat merots)
Irish: luasbhád m
Macedonian: гли́сер m (glíser)
Russian: гли́ссер (ru) m (glísser)
Spanish: lancha de carerras f
Swedish: racerbåt c

waterskiing boat

Finnish: vetovene
Irish: luasbhád m
Macedonian: гли́сер m (glíser)
Russian: гли́ссер (ru) m (glísser)

Verb

speedboat (third-person singular simple present speedboats, present participle speedboating, simple past and past participle speedboated)

(intransitive) To travel by speedboat.

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