motorbike
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌbaɪk//
- United States//ˈmoʊtɚˌbaɪk//
- United States/[ˈmoʊɾɚˌbaɪk]/
A motorcycle.
noun
- 1
informalA motorcycle.
Driving fuel-efficient vehicles and using motorbikes when possible to replace or supplement vehicles are two of the ways Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks employees are attempting to become less fuelish and to lower transportation costs.
Jumping on the Metro and then a local train, we headed out to National Central University at Jhongli, where I had been invited to take a look at a motorbike powered by compressed air.
- 2
A small and light motorcycle.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusder. Middle French French cycle French bicyclebor. English bicycleclip. English bike English motorbike From motor + bike.
verb
- 1
To ride a motorbike; to travel by motorbike.
We motorbiked all over the US that summer.
Bart Groothuijze, who runs the Castodian foundation promoting safer motorbiking, blames a misplaced sense of freedom and vanity.
Forms
- plural
- motorbikes
- past tense
- motorbiked
- past participle
- motorbiked
- present participle
- motorbiking
- third person singular
- motorbikes