Meanings
adjectiveself-propelling (not comparable)
- not comparableSelf-propelled.
Self-propelling baggage car, converted from a passenger vehicle, for operation over Liverpool electrified lines
1954 March, “Electric Baggage Cars on Liverpool Suburban Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 197, image caption
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecontaining within itself the means of propulsion or movement
adjectivemoved forward by its own force or momentum
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishpropelling
- Englishself-propelling
From self- + propelling.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
self-propelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-propelling
MLA
“self-propelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-propelling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-propelling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-propelling.
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