gunboat
nounUS /ˈɡʌnˌboʊt/
Etymology From gun + boat.
- Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021:
- Knock knock. It's the United States. With huge boats (with guns); gunboats.2016 February 2, Bill Wurtz, 4:45 from the start, in history of japan:
- Derived terms
- gunboat diplomacy, gunboater, gunboat war, Gunboat War
- Related terms
- cutter, monitor, mortar barge, patrol boat, torpedo boat
- Hypernyms
- warship