motorbike
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈmoʊtərˌbaɪk/
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moto
- After saving for years, she finally bought a motorbike to commute to work.
And then, boom, there you were on your motorbike, Dark Angel.
- And then, boom, there you were on your motorbike, Dark Angel.
- He hasn't got a motorbike, Doesn't own a motorbike.
- So this crate arrives with the Cossack motorbike inside it.
- I went in there, I didn't even have a motorbike.
- Oh so I jumped out to help her pick up the motorbike and see if she was OK.
- Again, how I hate those motorbikes.
- For example, they said things like a woman was kidnapped and she was forced to sit on a motorbike between two Hamas men.
- Basically the sport van couldn't get to me so the boys sent a guy on a motorbike.
- And this extraordinary story about this this woman who whose son had had a terrible motorbike accident and was in a coma.
- Yeah, I know people who have died from getting knocked off motorbikes and the the quality of the education, I would say is not fantastic.
- I mean, just thinking about would it work then for electric motorbikes because there's no engine and generally the engine is the lower part of the whole thing.
- It's, it's as simple As for me, like motorbikes is a massive thing for me.
- wider than a trail but still enough for a motorbike.
Examples
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Two other men had picked up the motorbike and were carrying it out of the road.
Fiction book (2000) -
He fell off his motorbike.
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A ride on a motorbike.
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Oh so I jumped out to help her pick up the motorbike and see if she was OK.
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Faintly, we hear the sound of a motorbike start up.
Fiction book (1997) -
So the plan is to take our motorbike and take Noel and show her Chenggu for her first time.
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I'm here to ride my motorbike. show my daughter a bit of the world... ...and have some fun and just unwind.
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One-day tours can only accommodate one person per motorbike, but longer tours can take two.
Blog text (16) -
Racing over back roads behind a long open field, Miguel rides his beat-up motorbike, searching.
Fiction book (1996) -
We end up in one of the nearby public parks, which, unlike sidewalks, are off-limits to motorbikes.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
275
2.3
A vehicle with two wheels and an engine ridden by one or two people
55
1.3
A motor vehicle with two wheels that you ride and that has an engine
25
2.5
A light two-wheeled motor vehicle with a small engine and a flat area for feet
18
3.2
A small motorcycle with pedals and a small engine for short rides
15
3.2
A light motorcycle with strong tires and springs for riding on rough unpaved ground
2
7.9
An informal word for a motorcycle
2
3.5
A small motorcycle with a flat area to rest your feet and a small engine
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3.1
A small motorcycle used for fun or by children
A two-wheeled vehicle with a motor like an old motorcycle
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Morphology
Etymology
Motorbike comes from joining motor ('a machine that moves') and bike (short for bicycle, a 'two-wheeled cycle'), so it literally means a two-wheeled vehicle with a motor.