motorcycle
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈməʊʔəˌsaɪkl̩//
- United Kingdom//ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl//
- United States//ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl//
- United States/[ˈmoʊɾɚˌsaɪkl̩]/
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
noun
- 1
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
Her big mission is to recover the precious Blue Star (a glowing rock in a box), which leads to a Western shoot-out, a space-age motorcycle gang, and an unamusing Darth Vader-esque villain.
Vern rubbed her hands along the motorcycles, admiring their size and power, their silver and black sleekness.
Her breakout was the 2017 production “Nate” (available as a Netflix special) in which she played a toxic, handsy bro who drove a motorcycle onstage, guzzling beers, groping audience members and creating chaos.
Etymology
From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.
verb
- 1
To ride a motorcycle.
Forms
- plural
- motorcycles
- past tense
- motorcycled
- past participle
- motorcycled
- present participle
- motorcycling
- third person singular
- motorcycles
motorcycle · An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
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