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motorcycle

[ moh-ter-sahy-kuhl ]

noun

  1. a motor vehicle similar to a bicycle but usually larger and heavier, chiefly for one rider but sometimes having two saddles or an attached sidecar for passengers.


verb (used without object)

motorcycled, motorcycling.
  1. to ride on or operate a motorcycle.

motorcycle

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noun

  1. Also calledmotorbike a two-wheeled vehicle, having a stronger frame than a bicycle, that is driven by a petrol engine, usually with a capacity of between 125 cc and 1000 cc
“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

verb

  1. to ride on a 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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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾´Ç³Ù´Ç°ùËŒ³¦²â³¦±ô¾±²õ³Ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾´Ç·³Ù´Ç°ù·³¦²â·³¦±ô¾±²õ³Ù [moh, -ter-sahy-klist], noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of motorcycle1

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; motor + cycle
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“Anyone who chooses to operate a vehicle intoxicated — whether a car, motorcycle, or boat — puts lives at risk, and they will be held accountable,†said Dist.

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Ko Naing slapped his hand over the child's mouth, picked him up, and sprinted toward a people smuggler waiting for them with a motorcycle.

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There are a range of options from duties on sectors where British products are particularly important to the US, to focusing on specific products like Harley Davidson motorcycles.

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India has already said it would lower its tariffs on motorcycles - an apparent bet that Trump's tariffs are a strategy designed to gain leverage for trade talks.

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A gifted computer programmer, avid skydiver and motorcycle racer, Landi had been a man on the lam for roughly a decade.

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