Word.ws English Dictionary

engine trouble

engine trouble noun: problems occurring with an engine or motor, especially with that of a motor car.

Noun

engine trouble (countable and uncountable, plural engine troubles)

  1. problems occurring with an engine or motor, especially with that of a motor car

Forms of engine trouble

pluralengine troubles

Questions about engine trouble

What does engine trouble mean?
Engine trouble means problems occurring with an engine or motor, especially with that of a motor car.
What part of speech is engine trouble?
Engine trouble is a noun.
What is the plural of engine trouble?
The plural of engine trouble is engine troubles.

Words near engine trouble in the dictionary

  1. engine order telegraphs
  2. engine room
  3. engine rooms
  4. engine shed
  5. engine sheds
  6. engine trouble
  7. engine troubles
  8. engine turning
  9. engine turnings
  10. engine-generator
  11. engine-generators

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: engine trouble (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “engine trouble.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/engine_trouble. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.