Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A passenger-carrying hydrofoil that is propelled by a jet engine.

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  • noun A passenger-carrying hydrofoil propelled by water jets.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[jet + (hydro)foil.]

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jet +‎ foil, from a Boeing trademark.

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Examples

  • I saw one at a London pawn shop around 1990 but i discovered a Linn LM1 neglected in a corner for 60 pounds so i bought that instead. damn better had bought the movement but it was to big to fit luggage on the jetfoil bach home :

    Not on eBay of the day: Movement Drum Computer 2005

  • Item: The Beetle, a high-speed jetfoil service between Fukuoka, Japan, and Busan, South Korea, carried a record 350,000 passengers in 2004, a 13.9% year-on-year increase.

    Killing the Buzz » Japundit Blog 2005

  • So, there we were on a jetfoil in Tokyo Bay the other day, cruising back from a DWT jaunt to

    Digital World Tokyo 2009

  • So, there we were on a jetfoil in Tokyo Bay the other day, cruising back from a DWT jaunt to

    Digital World Tokyo 2009

  • So, there we were on a jetfoil in Tokyo Bay the other day, cruising back from a DWT jaunt to

    Digital World Tokyo 2009

  • So, there we were on a jetfoil in Tokyo Bay the other day, cruising back from a DWT jaunt to

    Digital World Tokyo 2009

  • Ayuthaya, Vientiane, and Luang Prabang of three coutries, I came back to Thailand from the north border with Laos by jetfoil.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • So, there we were on a jetfoil in Tokyo Bay the other day, cruising back from a DWT jaunt to

    Digital World Tokyo 2008

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