Definitions for locomotive

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locomotive lo·co·mo·tive

Spelling: [loh-kuh-moh-tiv]

IPA: /ˌloʊ kəˈmoʊ tɪv/

Locomotive is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 327 anagrams from letters in locomotive (ceilmoootv).

Definitions for locomotive

noun

1. a self-propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam, a diesel, or electricity, for pulling or, sometimes, pushing a train or individual railroad cars.
2. an organized group cheer, usually led by a cheerleader, as at a football or basketball game, that begins slowly and progressively increases in speed in such a way as to suggest a steam locomotive.
3. Archaic. any self-propelled vehicle.

adjective

1. of or relating to locomotives.
2. of, relating to, or aiding in locomotion or movement from place to place:
3. moving or traveling by means of its own mechanism or powers.
4. serving to produce such movement; adapted for or used in locomotion:
5. having the power of locomotion:

Origin of locomotive

1605-15; Latin locō, ablative of locus place + motive (adj.); compare Medieval Latin in locō movērī to change position

Examples for locomotive

The motor on the locomotive as a maximum 1½ horse-power when so much is needed.

His torso was nude and his legs had been amputated by the locomotive engine.

When a tiger attacks a zookeeper, it is "making a noise like a locomotive."

The sharp and deep groanings of the locomotive had already awakened me.

The sound was exactly that of steam roaring from a locomotive's safety valve.

Another time, I was shooting a locomotive and it blew up, and some of the stuff got in my air scoop, but I managed to fly it back.

He was still exerting his strength to the utmost when the whistle of the locomotive was heard.

People have so much to say about an ant's strength, and an elephant's, and a locomotive's.

The gauge is a narrow one, so that the locomotive can be made of small dimensions.

When it was first introduced some 170 years ago, the locomotive ran on a domestic fuel source.