"powerboat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-powerboat.wav [US] Forms: powerboats [plural]
Etymology: power + boat Etymology templates: {{compound|en|power|boat}} power + boat Head templates: {{en-noun}} powerboat (plural powerboats)
  1. A small, fast motorboat. Categories (topical): Watercraft Hyponyms: go-fast boat, rumrunner, cigarette-boat Derived forms: powerboating Translations (small, fast motorboat): моторница (motornica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pikavene (Finnish), глисер (gliser) [masculine] (Macedonian)

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