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

Champagne corks popped, fireworks crackled and motorbike engines revved to mosquito pitch. — Guy De Launey, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026

The night before, one of Ossoff’s colleagues, the Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, had been driving through the suburbs of Accra when two men on a motorbike pulled alongside his BMW and began shooting through the driver’s side window. — Ian Ward, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026

In his career, Brown has done modifications on race cars and motorbikes, but this was his first time he was tasked to make a raceable coffin. — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

In another conversation, Matt in San Francisco tells Aubrey about his love of motorbikes. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for motorbike

• businesslike
• ladylike
• workmanlike
• alike
• belike
• birdlike
• catlike
• childlike
• christlike
• deathlike
• dislike
• dreamlike

Kids Definition

motorbike

noun

mo·​tor·​bike ˈmōt-ər-ˌbīk 

: a light motorcycle