motoring

English

Verb

motoring

1. present participle and gerund of motor
   • 1983, Kelly Keagy (of the music group Night Ranger), "Sister Christian"

     You're motoring / What's your price for flight / In finding mister right? / You'll be alright tonight

Noun

motoring (usually uncountable, plural motorings)

1. The act of operating a motorized vehicle; especially, driving a car (motorcar).
   • c. 1910, George Bernard Shaw, letter to Beatrice

     The afternoon was horrible; but when we struck the sea at Exmouth, and the coast, familiar to me through my Torquay motorings, became lovely in the evening. I revived & was quite jolly when I arrived.

Hyponyms

• cruising

Related terms

• motordom
• motor vehicle

 

Translations

car driving

• Finnish: autoilu (fi)
• French: automobilisme (fr) m
• Swedish: bilism (sv) c