dirt bike
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dirt bike
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Goforth, an experienced rider, had recently gotten a new dirt bike, and she visited the 27,000-acre off-roading area with a friend to try it out, her daughter, Candice Walker, said Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
She was last seen wearing a white shirt and black and white dirt-bike pants and riding a gray and white Kawasaki KLX 300R dirt bike, sheriff’s officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
That changed in 2024 when he bought his son, then 9, a low-speed dirt bike from Walmart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The e-moto, an electric dirt bike that’s cheap, fast and rarely street legal, has become the hottest thing in the two-wheel market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Mitchell shouted as Ricky drove his dirt bike into the field on the other side of the boys’ fence.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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