: a small usually lightweight motorcycle
motorbike intransitive verb

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Mexican influencer César Gastélum was live-streaming outside a fast-food restaurant when two men on motorbike stopped next him, pulled out a gun and shot him in the head. Rey Rodríguez, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Eun-sae, who has heard Tae-ha speaking Korean, speeds up on her motorbike to whisk Tae-ha away from danger. Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 Walk past locals chatting beside their motorbikes and enter the pedestrian Old Town through the Sea Gate beneath its Venetian lion. Jonathan Wiggin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026 The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department has identified a second victim killed in a motorbike crash in the Coronado neighborhood on Thursday. Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 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 12 Aug. 2026.

Kids Definition

motorbike

noun
: a light motorcycle

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