Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine or other motor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A launch driven by an internal-combustion motor using a hydrocarbon such as gasolene, naphtha, kerosene, or alcohol as a source of fuel. See
autoboat .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine driving propellers immersed in the water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical Any
vessel driven by anengine (eitherinboard oroutboard ), but especially a small one. - verb informal To place one's
head between a woman'sbreasts and make the sound of a motorboat with one's lips whilst moving the head from side to side
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb ride in a motorboat
- noun a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
Etymologies
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Examples
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Inventing a disaster management plan on the spot, Bahlman, Campagna and others borrowed a flat-bottomed aluminum motorboat from a nearby homeowner and rode through the brown floodwaters to the skeletal white house, whose walls consist of huge sheets of floor-to-ceiling glass.
August 2007 2007
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Inventing a disaster management plan on the spot, Bahlman, Campagna and others borrowed a flat-bottomed aluminum motorboat from a nearby homeowner and rode through the brown floodwaters to the skeletal white house, whose walls consist of huge sheets of floor-to-ceiling glass.
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My clumsy attempts at twitches resulted in motorboat wakes that spooked the fish.
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For example, environmentalists have expressed concern over the oil pollution on the French Riviera arising from the large increase in motorboat and yacht traffic.
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He recalled the motorboat which had darted, arrow-like, out from around the southern edge of the mangrove swamp, and which he had been watching when his scow went to pieces on the reef.
Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907
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The motorboat, which is powered by a 350-cubic-inch V8, will travel 30 to 45 mph.
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They are equipped with a 3 cars, 3 motorcycles and one fast motorboat which is also used to control the Atoll das Rocas.
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As she swam back, she'd make little huffing "motorboat" noises as she breathed out.
One dog, remembered 2004
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As she swam back, she'd make little huffing "motorboat" noises as she breathed out.
May 2004 2004
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The Liberal Venetia Thompson's ample cleavage has led strangers to "motorboat" her.
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