outboard motor
noun
: a small internal combustion engine with propeller integrally attached for mounting at the stern of a small boat
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Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm Campground This trail almost entirely follows the coast for 7 miles, with a soundtrack of lapping waves, trilling loons, and the occasional outboard motor.
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Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
On the river, two 10-metre canoes are strapped together, holding a truck and powered by a single outboard motor.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Iranian patrol boats, some powered only by twin outboard motors, are small, nimble and hard to detect.
—Adam Schreck, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Iranian patrol boats, some powered only by twin outboard motors, are small, nimble and hard to detect and have attacked several ships.
—Adam Schreck, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
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Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
On the river, two 10-metre canoes are strapped together, holding a truck and powered by a single outboard motor.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Iranian patrol boats, some powered only by twin outboard motors, are small, nimble and hard to detect.
—Adam Schreck, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Iranian patrol boats, some powered only by twin outboard motors, are small, nimble and hard to detect and have attacked several ships.
—Adam Schreck, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
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“Outboard motor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outboard%20motor. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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