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- noun a
boat propelled by ajet of water ejected from the back of the craft.
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Examples
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(Preferably in a super charged jetboat of some sort!) webprofessor Says:
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Lots of boats come through and I hop in my jetboat once in a while and putt around visiting people that live beyond walking distance.
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Up from Rio to Iguaçu, --helicopter trip over/jetboat under the falls, which make Niagra look like a spit in a breeze.
from the frontier 2005
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On the last day, we were transported from our final camp site to the take-out point by jetboat.
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We meet two guide friends of his at a campground boat ramp in the pre-dawn darkness and blast up Class IV rapids in a jetboat with a Corvette engine to fly fish the river's prime spot, an area that drift boats can reach only via a three-day trip from upriver.
Spinning at Large 1999
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The island's two rattletrap jetboat taxis were also engaged, so the sports were stuck with Pernio and a tedious seventy-kilometer slog home through rough seas.
Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998
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At Hanmer Springs, under an impossible blue sky, we took that jetboat ride thrillseekers.co.nz along the Waiau River, before a dip at the thermal pools.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Yesterday Blackadder took his jetboat for a spin and may have been tempted to sacrifice the paintwork on a gravel bank to vent his frustrations from Friday night.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By RICHARD KNOWLER 2010
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We went to Sydney Aquarium in Darling Harbour after the jetboat and it was fantastic.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Kawarau Jet was New Zealand's first commercial jetboat operation.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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