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View synonyms for motorbike

motorbike

[ moh-ter-bahyk ]

noun

  1. a small, lightweight motorcycle.
  2. a bicycle that is propelled by an attached motor.


verb (used without object)

, mo·tor·biked, mo·tor·bik·ing.
  1. to go by motorbike; drive or ride a motorbike.

motorbike

/ ˈməʊtəˌbaɪk /

noun

  1. a less formal name for motorcycle


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Other Words From

  • motor·biker noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of motorbike1

First recorded in 1900–05; motor + bike 1

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Example Sentences

An occasional tour bus or motorbike roars through, and, at dusk, hot air balloons drift lazily overhead.

He was gunned down by one or two gunmen riding on a motorbike near one of his houses in the Islamabad suburb of Bhara Kahu.

On-duty NYPD officers in upper Manhattan have been working to quell the motorbike menace for the past two years.

Lawrence retires to obscurity and dies in a motorbike accident in 1935.

Her teenage son was tethered to a motorbike and dragged across a rocky road.

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