motorbike

noun

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

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The film, which was first announced last May, stars Skarsgård as Ray, the head of a motorbike club, who takes on a wallflower named Colin (Harry Melling) as a submissive partner. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 19 May 2025 Five years ago, Verge made headlines with its TS electric motorbike. James Morris, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025 Somehow the motorbike was my therapy to get back on it. Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 9 May 2025 On the opposite end of the scale, an American game streamer and his YouTuber buddy are ditching the smartphones that are the staple of their generation and attempting to cross Japan by motorbike without so much as a guidebook. Hassan Tayir, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025 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 May. 2025.

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motorbike

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

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