motorboating

noun

mo·​tor·​boat·​ing ˈmō-tər-ˌbō-tiŋ 

1

: the activity of riding in a motorboat for leisure

The former was fronted by a vocal quartet that … featured an ironic-considering-the-weather song, "Pontoon," an ode to summer motorboating.

—John Serba, The Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press, 10 Jan. 2014

2

: an inherent low frequency instability in electronic circuits characterized when heard on a telephone receiver or loudspeaker by a noise similar to the exhaust of a motorboat

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Rhymes for motorboating

• creosoting
• bloating
• boating
• coating
• doting
• floating
• gloating
• noting
• quoting
• toting
• voting
• denoting