What does motoring mean?
Motoring means present participle and gerund of motor.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
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
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.
Use motoring when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Motoring means present participle and gerund of motor.
Common synonyms include driving.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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
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