motorboating

[ moh-ter-boh-ting ]

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noun

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

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It was a mutual motorboating, and she was the only one of the bunch to come out clean.

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Mr. Wittman added: “There was a lot under the motorboating and bikinis that she was willing to share. We just tried to bring more of that out.”

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At the Olympics in London, events like polo, tug o’war and motorboating were contested, and Bohemia won two medals.

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It happens every day: You’re out for a run or motorboating on the lake and, whoosh, an insect lands in your mouth.

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A particularly funny scene depicts an erotic fetish called motorboating.

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