motoring

[moh-ter-ing]

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• nonmotoring adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of motoring¹

motor + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

They are seen boarding a dinghy and motoring away into the darkness of the Caribbean Sea, headed for their luxury yacht, anchored in the next bay.

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Drivers were issued with tickets for a variety of motoring offences, including driving with no insurance, no driving licence, disqualification, false documentation and the use of fraudulent number plates.

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"He was more focused, head down, motoring on ahead of us," Brown said.

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Tracy Hodgson, director of Coniston's Ruskin Museum which normally houses Bluebird in a dedicated wing, said the event was an opportunity to see a "very special piece of British high-speed motoring history".

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A wayward Ostapenko forehand into the net was the catalyst for Kartal to go on and win the next five games, saving set points at 5-4 before motoring ahead to take the set.

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