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

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

Outside the airport, the streets are busy, a cacophony of honking horns and motorbikes buzzing between cars, buses, and tuk-tuks as people travel around the Nepalese capital. — Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

John’s little motorbike proves no match for the large truck commandeered by the T-1000, which blasts through a cinder block wall at one point. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

His wife was followed to her gym by two men on a motorbike who told her, in Farsi, that she and her husband would be killed. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 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