MOTORCYCLE

motorcycle, bike

(noun) a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame

motorbike, motorcycle, cycle

(verb) ride a motorcycle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

motorcycle (plural motorcycles)

An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.

Synonyms

• (motor-powered vehicle): bike, chopper, cycle, moped, motorbicycle (obsolete), motorbike

Verb

motorcycle (third-person singular simple present motorcycles, present participle motorcycling, simple past and past participle motorcycled)

(intransitive) To ride a motorcycle.

Source: Wiktionary


Motor cycle, or Mo"tor*cy`cle, n.

Definition: A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled. In Great Britain the term motor cycle is treated by statute (3 Ed VII. c. 36) as limited to motor cars (self-propelled vehicles) designed to travel on not more than three wheels, and weighing unladen (that is, without water, fuel, or accumulators necessary for propulsion) not more than three hundred weight (336 lbs.).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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