dirt bike

noun

: a usually lightweight motorcycle designed for operation on unpaved surfaces

Examples of dirt bike in a Sentence

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His electric dirt bike is mostly black with purple pegs. Christa Swanson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026 The youngest of three girls, Morgan was outgoing and spent a lot of time on her dirt bike, her father, Glen Violi, told The Courier Journal two days after the abduction. Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026 Just before the shooting, fights broke out among numerous people watching a sideshow involving some 20 vehicles, including dirt bikes and ATVs, police initially said. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026 By doing this, the team effectively took a motor designed to accelerate a dirt bike aggressively and put it into a tiny quadricycle roughly the size of a fridge. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dirt bike

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dirt bike was in 1970

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“Dirt bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirt%20bike. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.

Kids Definition

dirt bike

noun
: a light motorcycle designed to be used off the road
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