What does "motorboat" mean?
Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
Motorboat
/ˈmoʊtəˌboʊt/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
- Grammar: motorboat is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: powerboat, boat, cabin cruiser, canoe.
- Useful contrasts: canoes, coracle, dinghies.
- Usage evidence: Tom invited me to go out on his motorboat.
How to use "motorboat"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
- 2 a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine wordnet
Verb
- 1 To ride in a motorboat.
- 2 ride in a motorboat wordnet
- 3 To press or bury one's face between the breasts of a woman; to press or bury one's face between the breasts of a woman and shake one's head, hum, or vibrate one's lips in imitation of a motorboat engine's sound. intransitive, slang, transitive
"ACT on Campus President Peter McCaffrey allegedly motorboated Heather Roy at the ACT Party offices over the newly-passed piece of legislation."
- 4 To press one's face into or between (something else). slang, transitive
"'And we can fucking smash his dick in. Elliot's coming. And Hattie.' 'Are you lying?' 'I am not lying.' 'If you are lying, I am going to smash your dick in.' ... Amundsen pushes his whole head into the bowl, motorboating his food."
- 5 To press or envelope someone else's face into or between one's own breasts; to wrap one's breasts around someone's face or head. slang, transitive
"She wanted to straddle him and motorboat him right there. She thought about his chest again, and his lips. His dark eyelashes made his dark chocolate eyes so much darker, especially when they softened with desire."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Tom invited me to go out on his motorboat."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "motorboat"?
Common synonyms include: powerboat, boat, cabin cruiser, canoe, carry sail, circumnavigate.
How do you use "motorboat" in a sentence?
Tom invited me to go out on his motorboat.
How do you pronounce "motorboat"?
Pronounced /ˈmoʊtəˌboʊt/.
Etymology
From motor + boat.