motorbike

noun

mo·​tor·​bike ˈmō-tər-ˌbīk How to pronounce motorbike (audio)
: a small usually lightweight motorcycle
motorbike intransitive verb

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That is until Ray (Skarsgård), the impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, takes him on as his submissive. Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 Watching these remarkable performers climbing the bamboo as scenes from Saigon play out, from construction workers hard at it to motorbikes zipping in all directions, is mind-blowing. Richard Quest, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024 Originally installed for a children’s ride in Japan’s Tama Tech amusement park in 1961, the Z motorbikes hit wider markets a few years later. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024 In March, two hundred villagers ventured into the forest to investigate, but men from the security force attacked them with machetes and bows and arrows, and burned some of their motorbikes. Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for motorbike 

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of motorbike was in 1903

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“Motorbike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorbike. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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motorbike

noun
mo·​tor·​bike ˈmōt-ər-ˌbīk How to pronounce motorbike (audio)
: a light motorcycle

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