Usually means: Small, fast naval attack boat.
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  1. pt boat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. PT boat, PT boat: Merriam-Webster
  3. PT boat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. PT boat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. PT boat: Collins English Dictionary
  6. PT boat: Vocabulary.com
  7. PT boat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. PT boat: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. pt boat: Dictionary.com
  10. PT Boat, PT-boat, PT boat, Pt boat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Pt boat: Rhymezone
  12. pt boat: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pt boat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. PT boat: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. PT boat: Wiktionary

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  1. PT boat: Encyclopedia

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  (military, US) A type of fast motor torpedo boat used by the US Navy during World War II.

Similar:
motor torpedo boat, mosquito boat, mosquito craft, swiftboat, torpedo boat, torpedo-boat, E-boat, speedboat, torpedo catcher, gunboat, more...

Opposite:
destroyer, battleship, aircraft carrier

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Similar:
motor torpedo boat, mosquito boat, mosquito craft, swiftboat, torpedo boat, torpedo-boat, E-boat, speedboat, torpedo catcher, gunboat, more...

Opposite:
destroyer, battleship, aircraft carrier



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