snowmobile

noun snow·mo·bile \ ˈsnō-mō-ˌbēl \

|Updated on: 8 Aug 2018

Definition of snowmobile

: 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

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Police said a person on a snowmobile found the bodies of 22-year-old Heavan Henderson and 23-year-old Jeremy Danowski along a fence south of CR 200 S. between 825 W. and 700 W. Officers were dispatched to the scene at about 4:15 p.m.

— Indianapolis Star, "Missing Indy couple’s deaths ruled murder-suicide," 20 Jan. 2018
Driving Michigan would prohibit consuming marijuana while operating any vehicle, aircraft, snowmobile, off-road RV or motorboat, as well as consuming in the passenger area of vehicles.

— kathleen gray, Detroit Free Press, "How Michigan's marijuana proposal differs from Colorado law," 12 July 2018
Becca was not in a great emotional state after having to send Jean Blanc home the night before, but Wills made Becca feel comfortable and allowed her to vent her frustrations following a snowmobile ride.

— nick schwartz, For The Win, "Bachelorette Power Rankings: Becca endures a brutally awkward elimination in Week 4," 19 June 2018
The same bars that are open in the summer for fishing and boating people—generally on a lake—they’ll stay open for packs of snowmobiles to come in and get a beer.

— julie beck, The Atlantic, "How Digital Maps Have Changed What It Means to Be Lost," 23 Feb. 2018
There were two snowmobiles racing around Monument Circle.

— holly v. hays, Indianapolis Star, "How the blizzard of 1978 buried Indianapolis under snow, worry and wonder," 23 Jan. 2018
The bank said the changes would benefit its Sheffield Financial division, which is based in Clemmons, and provides installment loans to finance specialty outdoor equipment, such as all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles and lawn equipment.

— deon roberts, charlotteobserver, "Here's why fees for some NC loans might increase 200 percent," 1 June 2018
Next month, a Silicon Valley engineer plans to head out on a snowmobile from Barrow, on the northern tip of Alaska, to sprinkle reflective sand on a frozen lake to try to stop it from melting.

— katherine ellison, WIRED, "Why Climate Change Skeptics Are Backing Geoengineering," 28 Mar. 2018
From there, he was loaded onto a snowmobile and then an ambulance for further testing and evaluation.

— paul myerberg, USA TODAY, "Yuto Totsuka taken off halfpipe course on stretcher after crash at 2018 Winter Olympics," 14 Feb. 2018

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Definition of snowmobile for English Language Learners

: a vehicle used for traveling on snow or ice

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noun snow·mo·bile \ ˈsnō-mō-ˌbēl \

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: a small motor vehicle designed for travel on snow

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