¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Speedboats
1. speedboat [n] - See also: speedboat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speedboats
Literary usage of Speedboats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 6 by Ellen Linnihan (2003)
"This means that they are in constant danger of being caught in the propellers of
speedboats. Most adult manatees have scars from propellers. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to St Vincent, Grenada and the Grenadines by Cindy Kilgorie Brown, Alan Moore (2003)
"A number of men build their own speedboats and fishing boats, but generally on
the hillsides close to their homes. The beach sites have been taken over by ..."
3. Adventure Guide to Southeast Florida by Sharon Lloyd Spence, Sharon Spencer, Warren Lieb (1998)
"speedboats & Parasailing Fort Lauderdale has dozens of watersports centers renting
waverunners, jet skis, mini-cigarettes, and speedboats. ..."
4. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)
"speedboats serving tourists can stress, wound or kill marine animals. At Laganas
Bay on Zakynthos, it was estimated that 20% of the sea turtles coming to ..."
5. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"In the fall, speedboats carried out attacks against Sandinista patrol craft and
fuel tanks.76 By November, a more heavily armed speedboat had been developed ..."
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