motocross

[moh-toh-kraws, -kros]

noun

1. a timed motorcycle race over a closed course consisting of a winding dirt trail with hills, jumps, sharp turns, and often muddy terrain. MX

motocross

/ ˈməʊtəˌkrɒs /

noun

1. a motorcycle race across very rough ground

2. another name for rallycross See also autocross

Word History and Origins

Origin of motocross¹

First recorded in 1945–50; from French: equivalent to moto(rcycle) + cross(-country)

Word History and Origins

Origin of motocross¹

C20: from _moto ( _r ) + _cross ( _-country )

Example Sentences

How does wheelchair motocross work?

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Indianna Winchester, 28, competed in motocross when she was younger but when her brothers started a lawn mower team, she could not resist getting involved.

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Aidan Zingg, a motocross prodigy who recently signed with Kawasaki’s prestigious Team Green program, died Saturday at age 16 from injuries sustained during the Mammoth Mountain MX event in Mammoth Lakes.

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The games, which include skateboarding, BMX and motocross, had been based in the Southland since 2021.

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In 2002 she married a fellow engineer, Charles Rogers, and with him lived active life — with a shared passion for white-water canoeing, motocross racing and other adventures — on a 24-acre homestead not far from Ann Arbor, Mich.

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