motorbike

[moh-ter-bahyk]

noun

1. a small, lightweight motorcycle.

2. a bicycle that is propelled by an attached motor.

verb (used without object)

motorbiked, motorbiking 

1. to go by motorbike; drive or ride a motorbike.

motorbike

/ ˈməʊtəˌbaɪk /

noun

1. a less formal name for motorcycle

Other Word Forms

• motorbiker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of motorbike¹

First recorded in 1900–05; motor + bike ¹

Example Sentences

The bandits are local armed groups, often on motorbikes, with no central organisation, who operate mainly in the north-west.

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Some residents donned rain ponchos and motorbike helmets to protect themselves from the rain as they traversed flooded streets.

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Craig and Lindsay Foreman were arrested by Iranian authorities in January while on a motorbike trip from Europe to Australia.

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Several years later the boys would teach me how to ride a motorbike and drive a car, which few women did back then.

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In Balle, some residents were able to flee when they saw Malian soldiers in five pickup trucks and Dozo militiamen on at least 30 motorbikes arrive in the village.

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