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Definition of motorboat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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Motorboat Definition

(informal) To place one's head between a woman's breasts and make the sound of a motorboat with one's lips whilst moving the head from side to side.

Other Word Forms of Motorboat

Origin of motorboat.

motor +"Ž boat

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Motorboat Sentence Examples

Originally a horse boat but later towed by a motorboat .

Almost anyone can head out in a motorboat on the weekend, but if you want to learn to sail, you'll need to take lessons and make sure you can control the boat so you aren't injured or so you don't drift out to sea.

There is a lot of boat traffic so great care must be taken leaving or entering the harbor if you hire a motorboat .

Swallow at the end of the day classic motorboat Rally 2006 The Classic Motorboat Rally was a great success this year.

Bernard finds a suitable boat hire company, and negotiates for a medium large motorboat with plenty of helpful electronic gizmos.

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- a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine - a small vessel for travel on water , , , - a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board - steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered , - a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine - a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck , - a motorboat with an outboard motor - a fast motorboat , , - a motorboat resembling a motor scooter , - transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle
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  • cabin cruiser
  • dragon boat
  • While you can take a motorboat, many people prefer to take the original Venetian taxi, the famous gondola.  

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  • cabin cruiser
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  • The act of travelling in a motorboat .
  • ( slang ) The act of placing one's head between a woman's breasts and making the sound of a motorboat with one's lips whilst moving the head from side to side.
  • 2010 , Phil Torcivia, Nice Meeting You , page 183 : (He is referring to her boobs.) Phil: Nice. Dog #1: They are suh-weet! Can you imagine climbing behind that caboose and hanging on to those milk-bags? Dog #2: I'd be motorboating them for hours.
  • 2011 , Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi , A Shore Thing , page 120 : "Mmmm," he mumbled, his face between her boobs, motorboating .
  • 2012 , Alex Langley, The Geek Handbook: Practical Skills and Advice for the Likeable Modern Geek , page 56 : PROBLEM: You accidentally touched your platonic galpal on the boob. SOLUTION: Apologize quickly, making it clear that it was just a slip of the hand. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE: Try to “break the tension” by motorboating your friend's breasts.

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motorboating

[ moh -ter-boh-ting ]

  • the recreational activity of operating or traveling in a motorboat .
  • a malfunction in audio equipment resulting in sounds like those produced by an outboard motor.

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I thought about motorboating them, but that seemed a little past the line.

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