motorbike
noun
mo·tor·bike
ˈmō-tər-ˌbīk 
: a small usually lightweight motorcycle
motorbike
intransitive verb
Examples of motorbike in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Then the kidnappers made new demands: two motorbikes, five walkie-talkies, bags of rice and beans, top-up cards for mobile data and airtime, and industrial glues, often inhaled and used as intoxicants.
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Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Formula One owner Liberty Media is in talks to buy Dorna Sports, the company that owns the motorbike racing franchise MotoGP in a deal worth over €4 billion ($4.32 billion), the Financial Times reports.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 28 Mar. 2024
In addition, an actor broke his leg, crew members had injuries and Bham himself had a motorbike accident.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
There have been occasional physical altercations between car owners and residents who resent the loss of space for motorbike parking and sidewalk commerce.
—Chau Doan, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Usher reemerged, somehow looking even better than before, decked out in a shimmering black-and-blue Off-White motorbike ensemble.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
Men dress as devils and pose for photos, a clown walks around shouting jokes, a man enters the ring on his motorbike, which has a set of horns at the front, and drives through the crowd.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
His motorbike is worth five million Vietnamese dong, the equivalent of about $200.
—Chau Doan, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
On Monday afternoon, a middle-age man climbed off the back of a motorbike outside a butcher shop in a quiet Medellín suburb, entered, pulled out a gun and shot Blanco twice in the head before calmly walking back to his bike and disappearing into the city.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Formula One owner Liberty Media is in talks to buy Dorna Sports, the company that owns the motorbike racing franchise MotoGP in a deal worth over €4 billion ($4.32 billion), the Financial Times reports.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 28 Mar. 2024
In addition, an actor broke his leg, crew members had injuries and Bham himself had a motorbike accident.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
There have been occasional physical altercations between car owners and residents who resent the loss of space for motorbike parking and sidewalk commerce.
—Chau Doan, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Usher reemerged, somehow looking even better than before, decked out in a shimmering black-and-blue Off-White motorbike ensemble.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
Men dress as devils and pose for photos, a clown walks around shouting jokes, a man enters the ring on his motorbike, which has a set of horns at the front, and drives through the crowd.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
His motorbike is worth five million Vietnamese dong, the equivalent of about $200.
—Chau Doan, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
On Monday afternoon, a middle-age man climbed off the back of a motorbike outside a butcher shop in a quiet Medellín suburb, entered, pulled out a gun and shot Blanco twice in the head before calmly walking back to his bike and disappearing into the city.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
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motorbike
noun
mo·tor·bike
ˈmōt-ər-ˌbīk
: a light motorcycle
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