outboard motor
nounDefinition of outboard motor
: a small internal combustion engine with propeller integrally attached for mounting at the stern of a small boat
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The small craft with an outboard motor was reported capsized a little after 8 p.m. north of the Imperial Beach Pier, in the surf off Daisy Avenue near Dunes Park, Deputy Christopher Allen told OnScene TV. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Suspected smuggling boat capsizes off Imperial Beach," 6 Aug. 2019 After a few hours in the water, the outboard motor stalled, and the raft began to sink. — Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, "Without a Trace," 10 Feb. 2019 According to HI Sutton, author of the Covert Shores web site, the ship had been stripped of its outboard motors and navigation equipment. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Colombian Drug Smugglers Built This Stealthy, Special Forces-Inspired Boat," 13 June 2017 Or, more precisely, how to propel one. Instead of an outboard motor with a propeller, the 210 uses twin inboards with jet drives. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Testing the Yamaha 210 FSH: The Boat That Blew Up the Formula," 31 Aug. 2018 Freighter-style canoes with outboard motors drifted adjacent to the dock. — Brian Irwin, BostonGlobe.com, "Turn-of-the-century sporting camp offers relaxation, fly fishing," 11 July 2018 One raised his head from the water and bit a corner of the outboard motor almost delicately. — Susan Casey, Outside Online, "Susan Casey on Seeing Her First Great White Shark," 11 July 2018 This Poseidon of prop-spinners—under a carbon-fiber cowling pinstriped with LED lightbars—is currently the world’s most powerful production outboard motor. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "Skip the Seasickness: How Boats Are Getting More Tech-Savvy," 28 June 2018 Our driver steers with a growling outboard motor through searing midday light toward Laguna del Tesoro, or Treasure Lagoon. — Shanna Baker, Smithsonian, "The Quest to Preserve the Last of Castro’s Crocodiles," 21 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outboard motor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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