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motorboating

American  
[moh-ter-boh-ting] / ˈmoʊ tərˌboʊ tɪŋ /

noun

  1. the recreational activity of operating or traveling in a motorboat.

  2. a malfunction in audio equipment resulting in sounds like those produced by an outboard motor.

Etymology

Origin of motorboating

First recorded in 1925–30; motorboat + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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George II, deposed King of the ungrateful Greeks, was motorboating with his unobtrusive father-in-law, King Ferdinand I of Rumania.

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Also in 1930 he was awarded the medal of the Regatta Circuit Riders' Club for having done most for motorboating.

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But soaring appeals to its following as an exalted sport, related to powered flight as sail-boating is to motorboating.

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The interval before the arrival of the summer colonists they fill in with hiring native help, buying and remodeling their cottage, antiquing, motorboating.

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Engineer, mechanic, collector of salty jokes & limericks, Du Pont was nuts about motorboating, airplaning, etc.

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