outboard motor

noun

Definition 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 boat was a 33-foot Protector Targa, a speed boat with an outboard motor. — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, "Father arrested after his 11-year-old son is killed in boat accident near Angel Island," 16 Sep. 2019 About an hour into the journey, the outboard motor on their 20-foot fishing boat groaned and died. — Jack Healy, New York Times, "They Rode Out Dorian in the Outer Banks. Now Comes the Hard Part.," 8 Sep. 2019 Aloha's tiki boats are essentially floating platforms powered by a 30-horsepower outboard motor. — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, "Tiki boats could be start of untapped business opportunity on Detroit River," 22 Aug. 2019 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

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