motorbike

[ moh-ter-bahyk ]

/ ˈmoʊ tərˌbaɪk /

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noun

a small, lightweight motorcycle.

a bicycle that is propelled by an attached motor.

verb (used without object), mo·tor·biked, mo·tor·bik·ing.

to go by motorbike; drive or ride a motorbike.

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Also called mo·tor·bi·cy·cle

[moh-ter-bahy-si-kuhl, ‐sik-uhl, ‐sahy-kuhl]. /ˈmoʊ tərˌbaɪ sɪ kəl, ‐sɪk əl, ‐saɪ kəl/.

Origin of motorbike

First recorded in 1900–05; motor + bike¹

OTHER WORDS FROM motorbike

mo·tor·bik·er, noun

Words nearby motorbike

motorable, motor aphasia, motor area, motor ataxia, motorbicycle, motorbike, motorboat, motorboating, motorbus, motorcade, motor camp

How to use motorbike in a sentence

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At one point they hop on a motorbike and speed off into the London night.
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An occasional tour bus or motorbike roars through, and, at dusk, hot air balloons drift lazily overhead.
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He was gunned down by one or two gunmen riding on a motorbike near one of his houses in the Islamabad suburb of Bhara Kahu.
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On-duty NYPD officers in upper Manhattan have been working to quell the motorbike menace for the past two years.
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Lawrence retires to obscurity and dies in a motorbike accident in 1935.
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Her teenage son was tethered to a motorbike and dragged across a rocky road.
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British Dictionary definitions for motorbike

motorbike

/ (ˈməʊtəˌbaɪk) /

noun

a less formal name for motorcycle

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