A fork of Rural Dictionary
Automotive/racing term. Denotes a vehicle running/racing WITHOUT nitrous oxide assistance. Synonym: "On nuts". Antonyms: "On the bottle", "On spray", "Juicing it", "With NOS".
"That car runs the quartermile in 10.1 seconds on the motor; but it does 8.9 on spray".
"You're motoring. What's your price for flight?" - from the song Sister Christian, by Night Ranger
1. An engine. 2. British slang for "automobile". 3. Slang for motorcycle, usually in reference to police motorcycles.
1. Damn it, my motor's shot again! 2. Oi! That wanker just nicked my motor! 3. After passing the test, Jim was assigned to the police department's motor unit.
1: British slang: Moving very fast 2: Transport by car, extremely difficult in UK due to excessive taxation by Gordon Brown, numerous Gatso cameras, speed bumps, Ken Livingstone. Impossible in London.
1: Jesus, he was motoring! 2: Ken Livingstone hates motoring
To leave the immediate vicinity.
Dude, this place sucks - let's motor.
An over-used catch phrase of basketball commentators
The kid's only 6'8" or 6'9" but he's got a great motor