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motoring

[moh-ter-ing]
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noun

traveling in a car, especially when considered as a recreation.

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RELATED WORDS

float, sit, travel, move, drift, drive, cruise, go, guide, fly, shoot, run, navigate, cross, sweep, leave, skim, reach, steer, soar

Nearby words

  1. motorcyclist,
  2. motordrome,
  3. motored,
  4. motorhome,
  5. motoric,
  6. motorised,
  7. motorist,
  8. motorize,
  9. motorized,
  10. motorman

Origin of motoring

motor + -ing1
Related formsnon·mo·tor·ing, adjective

motor

[moh-ter]

noun

a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
any self-powered vehicle.
a person or thing that imparts motion, especially a contrivance, as a steam engine, that receives and modifies energy from some natural source in order to utilize it in driving machinery.
Also called electric motor. Electricity. a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy, as an induction motor.
motors, stocks or bonds in automobile companies.

adjective

pertaining to or operated by a motor.
of, for, by, or pertaining to motor vehicles: motor freight.
designed or for automobiles, their drivers, or their passengers: The hotel has a motor lobby in its parking garage for picking up and discharging passengers.
causing or producing motion.
Physiology. conveying an impulse that results or tends to result in motion, as a nerve.
Psychology, Physiology. Also motoric. of, relating to, or involving muscular movement: a motor response; motor images.

verb (used without object)

to ride or travel in an automobile; drive: They motored up the coast.

verb (used with object)

Chiefly British. to drive or transport by car: He motored his son to school.

Origin of motor

1580–90; < Latin mōtor mover, equivalent to mō- (variant stem of movēre to move) + -tor -tor
Related formsmul·ti·mo·tor, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for motoring

motor

noun

  1. the engine, esp an internal-combustion engine, of a vehicle
  2. (as modifier)a motor scooter
Also called: electric motor a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy by means of the forces exerted on a current-carrying coil placed in a magnetic field
any device that converts another form of energy into mechanical energy to produce motion
an indispensable part or player that moves a process or system along
  1. mainly Britisha car or other motor vehicle
  2. as modifiermotor spares

adjective

producing or causing motion
physiol
  1. of or relating to nerves or neurons that carry impulses that cause muscles to contract
  2. of or relating to movement or to muscles that induce movement

verb

(intr) to travel by car
(tr) British to transport by car
(intr) informal to move fast; make good progress
(tr) to motivate

Word Origin for motor

C16: from Latin mōtor a mover, from movēre to move
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Word Origin and History for motoring
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for motoring

motor

[mō′tər]

adj.

Causing or producing motion.
Of or being nerves that carry impulses from the nerve centers to the muscles.
Involving or relating to movements of the muscles.
Of or relating to an organism's overt reaction to a stimulus.
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Science definitions for motoring

motor

[mō′tər]

Noun

A machine that uses energy, such as electric or chemical energy (as from burning a fuel), to produce mechanical motion. See also engine.

Adjective

Involving the muscles or the nerves that are connected to them. Compare sensory.
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