motorbike

noun

mo·​tor·​bike ˈmō-tər-ˌbīk How to pronounce motorbike (audio)
: a small usually lightweight motorcycle
motorbike intransitive verb

Examples of motorbike in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The attack on the Brazilian travel blogger and her Spanish partner took place in a forest late Friday, as the couple were camping while traveling by motorbike across eastern India to Nepal. Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024 Just make sure to drive defensively and be vigilant — and stay on the lookout for motorbikes. Mya Guarnieri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024 Signage in Khmer, English, Chinese and Korean becomes as legible as my abilities allow as my motorbike comes to a halt. Ron Lieber, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023 Modern-day gauchos—who moonlight as ski outfitters in winter—zip along trails by motorbike tending to their cattle, and chefs like Sergi, who cooks at Prisca’s four-bedroom mountain lodge and restaurant, L’Ovella Negra, are a one-person show—hunting, fishing, foraging, and fermenting. Lane Nieset, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2023 Its silicon anode batteries are already used in electric motorbikes. Carlton Reid, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2023 This 300-mile route is most often tackled by travelers on the back of motorbikes looking to brave the mountain switchbacks that descend into the thick jungle and pass from small village to small village. Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024 While they were gone, a squad of gunmen arrived on motorbikes, rummaging through Mr. Bitton’s car. Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023 What a ground war in Gaza could look like Militants used paragliders, motorbikes and trucks to cross the border fence from Gaza into Israel, and small specialized units attacked Israeli communities, in line with the instructions in the handbook. Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of motorbike was in 1903

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“Motorbike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorbike. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

motorbike

noun
mo·​tor·​bike ˈmōt-ər-ˌbīk How to pronounce motorbike (audio)
: a light motorcycle

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