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motoring

motoring

7 3.9
Driving a car for pleasure or travel
  • noun
  • /ˈmoʊtərɪŋ/
translation icon : conducción
  • Private motoring has enjoyed undoubted popularity and created an industry of enormous political influence and global impact.
  • a motoring organization
  • motoring costs
  • the motoring public

Talking about it was called Tice Tice Gear play on Talk, you know, Top Gear about political motoring issues.

Examples

  • She spends her weekends motoring through the countryside to escape the city.

  • We both developed a serious taste for distance when our brother John and his wife took us motoring across the country.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I take a "Happy Motoring" trip only once or twice a year.

    Blog text (15)

  • My husband and daughter have gone on a motoring tour in yorkshire.

    Howards End (1992)

  • I have realized that I am a fan of motoring in general.

    Blog text (23)

  • My family and I were due to leave on a motoring trip through the west on Saturday, July 23, and not return until Sunday, August 14.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • We spent the entire day motoring from one village to another along the shores of the 13-mile-long lake.

    Blog text (27)

  • I've counted at least 1000 km of motoring so far, with at least 10 different drivers.

    Blog text (23)

  • Duncan Hines may have invented and commingled the role of travel guide and restaurant critic to aid the motoring public in sorting the healthy and wholesome eateries from among the choices at the roadside.

    Academic text (1998)

  • During the summer, many families enjoy motoring along scenic routes on their vacations.

Synonyms

driving
vsmotoring
401 1.0

Controlling a car or other vehicle while you travel

is the leisure practice of operating a vehicle instead of the control action
drive
vsmotoring
372 1.0

A trip in a car, often for travel or pleasure

is the leisure practice of operating a vehicle rather than one journey
spin
vsmotoring
  • Informal
65 3.7

A short pleasant drive in a car

is the leisure practice of operating a vehicle not only short trips
automobiling
vsmotoring
  • Archaic
4.5

A hobby of driving a car for pleasure

is the leisure practice of operating a vehicle for enjoyment

How Fast

motorsport
11 3.1
motoring
7 3.9
cycling
64 1.6
walking
337 1.0

Surface Forms

motoring singular
motorings plural

Morphology

motoring = motor (transparent) = motor + ing

Formed from the verb 'motor' with the nominal/gerundial suffix '-ing' meaning the activity of driving, a clear and regular derivation.

Etymology

The word motoring comes from motor, which originally meant a 'mover' or a machine that makes things 'move', the same idea behind the English word move. So, motoring is literally about movement by a motor, which is why it means driving a car for travel or pleasure.