motor boat

Engine-driven vessel

A motor boat is a boat propelled by an engine rather than sails, oars, or paddles.

The term covers everything from small recreational craft to larger vessels: We rented a motor boat for the afternoon.

As a verb, motorboat is vulgar slang for placing one's face between someone's breasts and shaking rapidly while making a sputtering sound.

Related

throttle up · engine roar · stern · cruiser · pleasure craft · runabout · bow · roar · vibration · fuel · spray · water skiing · rumble · wakeboarding · open water · vessel · dock · marina slip

Opposites
propulsion method

motor boatsailboat

Wind-propelled watercraft

sailing vessel · rowboat · canoe · kayak · sailing yacht

Family

motorboat

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G