: a small usually lightweight motorcycle
motorbike intransitive verb

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Among the provisions is adding motorbikes and dirt bikes to the sideshow framework, which closes enforcement gaps when unlicensed dirt bikes without plates are used to perform stunts. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 Even the compression through Turn 6’s apex, which always reveals improperly tuned suspension for motorbikes and race cars alike, can’t upset the Rimini. — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026 Residents had found the blue motorbike of the first-year student at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology near the sewer entrance. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 By contrast, Uber has run electric motorbikes in Kenya since 2023 and has started rolling them out in Ghana this year. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motorbike

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 29 Sep. 2026.

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motorbike

noun
: a light motorcycle

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