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motorbike

[moh-ter-bahyk]

noun

  1. a small, lightweight motorcycle.

  2. a bicycle that is propelled by an attached motor.



verb (used without object)

motorbiked, motorbiking 
  1. to go by motorbike; drive or ride a motorbike.

motorbike

/ ˈəʊəˌɪ /

noun

  1. a less formal name for motorcycle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • motorbiker noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of motorbike1

First recorded in 1900–05; motor + bike 1
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The force said cars were stolen and set on fire, motorbikes were being ridden erratically and bricks were thrown at officers, while wheelie bins and cars were used to block off the road.

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Sneakers hang by their laces from barbed wire, dangling above two motorbikes.

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The gunman is believed to have escaped on a motorbike and have had at least one accomplice.

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Spanish reports suggested the gunman may have had at least one accomplice riding on a motorbike.

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Gunmen on motorbikes pulled up alongside his car and sprayed it with bullets.

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