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[ moh -ter-boht ]

  • a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor .

verb (used without object)

to motorboat from Hyannis to Martha's Vineyard.

/ ˈməʊtəˌbəʊt /

  • any boat powered by a motor

Other Words From

  • motor·boater noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of motorboat 1

Example Sentences

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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