airboat

noun

air·​boat ˈer-ˌbōt How to pronounce airboat (audio)
: a shallow-draft boat driven by an airplane propeller and steered by an airplane rudder

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Once travelers get to New Orleans, they’ll be greeted with plenty of amazing places to stay, incredible food, and fun things to do from riding a streetcar to a swamp airboat tour, taking a ghost tour and more ahead of the big game. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025 Del Rey and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, were filmed holding hands at the Reading Festival in England. Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024 Del Rey, 39, and Jeremy Dufrene, a captain of an airboat tour company, reportedly tied the knot during a backyard ceremony in Louisiana on Sept. 26, according to Page Six. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024 This happened when the airboat's driver took a sharp turn to try to see an alligator in the water, according to multiple reports. Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for airboat

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of airboat was in 1914

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“Airboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airboat. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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