slang
as in cruiser
a boat equipped with a motor if I ever get filthy rich, I'm going to buy myself a stinkpot and take up fishing

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Noun
  • According to the Cruise Lines International Association’s 2024 report, the number of younger cruisers has grown over the last two years, with 22% of passengers being millennials and 14% Gen Z.
    Martie Bowser, Essence, 22 May 2025
  • In addition to Illinois, cruisers can also visit Wright sites in another Great Lakes state, Michigan.
    Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • On the eve of the indictments, Juarez posted to social media a picture of a peaceful scene: Himself on a large motorboat, a silver watch on his wrist, with a yellow and orange sun setting on the horizon behind him.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.
    Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Crowds came out in helicopters and speedboats and the family car.
    Joseph B. Treaster, New York Times, 7 May 2025
  • Think of your business as a speedboat, not a cruise ship.
    Jim Stevenson, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Stinkpot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinkpot. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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