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motorboat
[ moh-ter-boht ]
verb (used without object)
- to travel in or operate a motorboat:
to motorboat from Hyannis to Martha's Vineyard.
motorboat
/ ˈməʊtəˌbəʊt /
noun
- any boat powered by a motor
Other Words From
- motor·boater noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of motorboat1
Example Sentences
The small motorboat anchors in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay.
To picture why this happens, imagine that you are driving a motorboat in the ocean.
Built by Iguana Pro, the 32-foot-long vessel is an amphibious motorboat that can pull itself up on beaches and into hiding.
If its creation had resulted in dozens of easily accessed shady picnic groves instead of a bathtub accessible only by expensive motorboats, we might not be having this discussion in the first place.
He laughs that sailing yacht crew who become motorboat crew are known as “going over to the dark side,” because it’s seen as the easier, more plush option compared to the romance and closer-to-the-waves nature of actual sailing.
Also, later today she's due to go for a ride on a jet powered motorboat - and attend a wine tasting.
“My father called us ‘The Lucky Seven,’ and we had a 24-foot motorboat by that name,” says Mark Shriver, the fourth child.
It is not easy for a common man in Africa to afford a motorboat with an 80-horsepower engine.
No answering response came from the motorboat which drove directly toward the sailboat.
The latest emergency caused Mr. Holloway to divert his attention from the motorboat.
That fellow looks like one of the men who were in the motorboat that struck the Holloway sailboat!
More than ever he was convinced that he had not been mistaken in identifying him as the motorboat operator.
Unable to see many feet ahead of them, the boys lost sight of the raft and the motorboat.
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