outboard motor

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noun

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

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Origin of outboard motor

First recorded in 1905–10

The rotenone was mixed with water and applied by hand, or into the backwash of an outboard motor.
Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas|W. L. Minckley
Sara, in blue slacks, a red bandana handkerchief over her head, was trying to start a stubborn outboard motor.
Saboteurs on the River|Mildred A. Wirt
With all the speed of an outboard motor he sliced along it, and a moment later he dived again.
The Spell of the White Sturgeon|James Arthur Kjelgaard
The staccato roaring of an outboard motor sounded some distance away.
Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster

If this pump worked like an outboard motor she could start it.
Third Warning|Roy J. Snell