as in motorboats
a boat equipped with a motor
his friend had a powerboat and took them out waterskiing
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Noun
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The couple and their family are shown on surfboards, motorboats, and kayaks.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Scale-ups are speedboats, not cruise ships.—
Charles Towers-Clark,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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His later works, which took cars and speedboats as their themes, were similarly handmade, their forms at once suggesting nostalgia and escape velocity.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Powerboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerboats. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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