jet ski

See also: jetski and jet-ski

English

Alternative forms

• jetski

Noun

jet ski (plural jet skis)

1. A small motorized water craft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.

   2006: "Jet ski" is actually Kawasaki's name for their PWC (personal water craft) models, but like hoovers and speedos has become genericised. — Tracks magazine, Gimme Fuel: High Octane Advise for Buying a Ski, October 2006, page 154.

Synonyms

• personal water craft

Translations

small motorized water craft

• Finnish: vesiskootteri (fi)
• German: Wassermotorrad (de) n
• Hebrew: אוֹפַנּוֹעַ יָם (he) m (ofanóa' yam)
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• Spanish: jet ski m, moto de agua f
• Swedish: vattenskoter (sv)