motorbike
Americannoun
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motorbikes
plural
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a small, lightweight motorcycle.
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a bicycle that is propelled by an attached motor.
verb (used without object)
noun
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The statement said Carman loaded the bag onto a motorbike before driving towards a railway line.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In Chongqing, more than 50 manufacturers and hundreds of component suppliers are able to leverage the booming industry of China's "motorbike capital".
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
That victory at the Supersport World Championship in March saw orders for ZXMoto's two-wheelers skyrocket and provided a boost for the firm as it battles for an edge in the highly competitive Chinese motorbike market.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
The Oscar winning musician died in a single vehicle motorbike crash last week.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Hagrid kicked the motorbike into life: It roared like a dragon, and the sidecar began to vibrate.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
On a patrol with Surrey Police, officers described catching those riding electric motorbikes illegally as a constant game of cat and mouse.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Many migrants were free to try their luck, jumping on trucks, buses and motorbikes to reach Ceuta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The roar of engines fills the night air in China's Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to star in personalised videos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Ambulances were unable to get into the town, and our driver Leo saw injured people being driven away on the back of motorbikes because traffic was so heavy, particularly around a collapsed bridge nearby.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
There was the constant background noise of motorbikes roaring in the near distance and the sound of voices communicating in a language I was desperately trying to learn but had yet to master.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Just over one kilometre from the finish line on stage 12, the Briton was forced to run without a bicycle following a crash with a motorbiked on Mont Ventoux.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Really anxious to see him, I motorbiked down to their house.
From Tatterdemalion by John Galsworthy
Teams of sellers hawk their filming services to passersby, many of whom have been drawn to the city and its cyberpunk image by motorbiking videos on social media shot against the neon-lit nightscape.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Mr and Mrs Foreman, both 52 from East Sussex, were motorbiking from Spain to Australia when they crossed into Iran on 31 December.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
These visceral moments evoke the sense of empowerment motorbiking creates for otherwise underprivileged — young, primarily Black and brown — people.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
He loves it, for the motorbiking and because “all the schools are like Grease”.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2017
There are features on French wines and women, fashions in leather and rough-country motorbiking.
From Time Magazine Archive
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