snowmobile

noun

snow·​mo·​bile ˈsnō-mō-ˌbēl 

: any of various automotive vehicles for travel on snow

specifically : an open vehicle for usually one or two persons with steerable skis on the front and an endless belt at the rear

Examples of snowmobile in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s this bewildering Mansory snowmobile, which looks like a Transformer got stuck halfway through its transfiguration. —Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025

But just in time, there’s usually a ridiculous action set piece involving snowmobiles, horses, helicopters or some combination thereof to make the viewer perk up and pay attention. —Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025

Tim Swenson, who created the chair to allow his son to access the outdoors, crafted the first Trackchair using a bent tube frame, two snowmobile tracks and a broken seatbelt. —Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025

View gallery - 15 images For the past eight years, Canadian electric powersports brand Taiga has been slowly building out a lineup of all-electric personal watercraft (PWC) and snowmobiles. —New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for snowmobile

• afebrile
• bookmobile
• cochineal
• nonideal
• peroneal
• philomel
• popliteal
• waterwheel
• abele
• alkyl
• anneal
• appeal

Kids Definition

snowmobile

noun

snow·​mo·​bile ˈsnō-mō-ˌbēl 

: any of various motor vehicles for travel on snow

snowmobiler

-ˌbē-lər

noun

snowmobiling

-ˌbē-liŋ

noun