All motoring synonyms
moΒ·torΒ·ing
M m verb motoring
- actuate β If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- coast β The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
- impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- bike β A bike is a bicycle or a motorcycle.
- motor β a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- bicycle β A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels which you ride by sitting on it and pushing two pedals with your feet. You steer it by turning a bar that is connected to the front wheel.
- mobilize β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- roll β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- cycle β If you cycle, you ride a bicycle.
- tailgate β a style of playing the trombone, especially in Dixieland jazz, distinguished especially by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- hitchhike β to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
- tour β Georges de [zhawrzh duh] /ΚΙrΚ dΙ/ (Show IPA), 1593β1652, French painter.
- journey β a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- progress β a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- post β power-on self-test
- voyage β a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- flit β to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- dart β If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- scud β to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
- tack β a lease, especially on farmland.
- skipper β a person or thing that skips.
- captain β In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
- wing β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- boat β A boat is something in which people can travel across water.
- pilot β a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- traverse β to pass or move over, along, or through.
- ramble β to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- jet β a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
- rove β to wander about without definite destination; move hither and thither at random, especially over a wide area.
- wend β to pursue or direct (one's way).
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- jaunt β a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- hop β to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
- junket β a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.
- scour β to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- adventure β If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
- weekend β the end of a week, especially the period of time between Friday evening and Monday morning: We spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.
- sightsee β to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- bear down β If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- burn rubber β (Idiomatic) VI (of a vehicle) To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
- fire up β start ignition of
- pour it on β to flatter profusely
- step on it β a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- hitch a ride β hitchhike
- sit on β to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.