outboard motor

noun

1. a portable gasoline engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outboard motor¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The rotenone was mixed with water and applied by hand, or into the backwash of an outboard motor.

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Sara, in blue slacks, a red bandana handkerchief over her head, was trying to start a stubborn outboard motor.

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With all the speed of an outboard motor he sliced along it, and a moment later he dived again.

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The staccato roaring of an outboard motor sounded some distance away.

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If this pump worked like an outboard motor she could start it.

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