quad bike

British

noun

a vehicle like a motorcycle with four large wheels, designed for agricultural, sporting, and other off-road uses

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Santa's key worker was later discovered on Formby beach using thermal binoculars, while a local lifeboat quad bike team stepped in to shepherd him into some sand dunes.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

A DJ is in a coma after suffering a serious head injury in a quad bike accident in Greece.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

PC Harper, from Wallingford in Oxfordshire, was killed while responding to a quad bike theft in Berkshire in 2019.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

Daniel Newton, 34, lives just a stone's throw from Rothwell town centre and says some of the quad bike issues are caused by young people riding in from nearby Middleton.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

The organised search will eventually be scaled back but, sitting at the controls of the giant quad bike, volunteer Ewen Lawrie says this community will always keep looking one way or another.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

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