motorcycle
Syllables: mo·tor·cy·cle/ˈməʊʔəˌsaɪkl̩//ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/
motorcycle noun: an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
Noun
motorcycle (plural motorcycles)
- 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.1995 October, Steven Puchalski, “Can these sci-fi videos show us the Woman of the Future?”, in Sci Fi Entertainment, page 36
- That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets. Her husband, Francis Steegmuller...2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022
- Synonyms:
- bike, chopper, cycle, moped, motorbicycle, motorbike, autobike, autobicycle, mo'rcyc'l
Verb
motorcycle (third-person singular simple present motorcycles, present participle motorcycling, simple past and past participle motorcycled)
- To ride a motorcycle.
motorcycle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
motorcycle in Hindi
- open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel
- मोटरसाइकिल moṭarsāikil, मोटरबाइक moṭarbāik
motorcycle in Tamil
- விசையுந்து, மிதியுந்து
motorcycle in Marathi
- motorcycle, motorbike
- मोटारसायकल mōṭārsāykal
motorcycle in Urdu
- open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel
- موٹَر سائِیکِل moṭar sāīkil
More languagesFewer languages
- motorcycle in Bengali
- মোটরসাইকেল mōṭrośaikel
- motorcycle in Telugu
- మోటార్సైకిల్ mōṭārsaikil, మోటార్ సైకిల్ mōṭār saikil
- motorcycle in Malayalam
- മോട്ടോർ സൈക്കിൾ mōṭṭōṟ saikkiḷ, ബൈക്ക് baikkŭ
- motorcycle in Punjabi
- ਮੋਟਰਸਾਈਕਲ moṭrasāīkal, ਬਾਈਕ bāīka, ਮੋਟਰਬਾਈਕ moṭrabāīka
- motorcycle in Gujarati
- મોટરસાયકલ moṭarsāyakal, બાઈક bāīka
- motorcycle in Odia
- ମଟର ସାଇକେଲ maṭara sāikela
- motorcycle in Sanskrit
- यन्त्रद्विचक्रिका yantradvicakrikā
- motorcycle in Sinhala
- යතුරුපැදිය yaturupædiya
- motorcycle in Assamese
- মটৰ চাইকেল
- motorcycle in Nepali
- मोटरसाइकल moṭarsāikal
- motorcycle in Pashto
- موټرسايکل moṭarsāykel, موټرګاټ moṭargāṭ, ټپټپ ṭapṭap, ټپټپی ṭapṭapay
- motorcycle in Tagalog
- motorsiklo
- motorcycle in Arabic
- مُوتُوسِيكِل mōtōsīkil, دَرَّاجَة نَارِيَّة
- motorcycle in Malay
- sepeda motor, motosikal
- motorcycle in Indonesian
- sepeda motor
- motorcycle in Thai
- จักรยานยนต์ jàk-grà-yaan-yon, มอเตอร์ไซค์ mɔɔ-dtəə-sai, รถเครื่อง rót-krʉ̂ʉang, มอไซค์ mɔɔ-sai
- motorcycle in Vietnamese
- xe mô tô, mô tô, xe máy, xe gắn máy
- motorcycle in Myanmar
- မော်တော်ဆိုင်ကယ် mautauhcuingkai
- Sindhi
- موٽر سائيڪل moṭr sāekl
Examples of motorcycle in a sentence
- Let's crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin.
- She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
- He kick started the motorcycle and took off.
Synonyms of motorcycle
Forms of motorcycle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | motorcycles |
| alternative form | motor cycle |
| alternative form | motor-cycle |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | motorcycles |
| present participle | motorcycling |
| past participle | motorcycled |
| past | motorcycled |
Origin of motorcycle
From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.
Words formed from motorcycle
Phrases with motorcycle
Questions about motorcycle
- What does motorcycle mean?
- Motorcycle means an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
- What is motorcycle in Hindi?
- Motorcycle in Hindi is मोटरसाइकिल (moṭarsāikil), मोटरबाइक (moṭarbāik). See Motorcycle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is motorcycle?
- Motorcycle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce motorcycle?
- Motorcycle is pronounced /ˈməʊʔəˌsaɪkl̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of motorcycle?
- The plural of motorcycle is motorcycles.
Words near motorcycle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: motorcycle (page history and authors); motorcycle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मोटारसायकल (Marathi) (page history and authors); మోటార్ సైకిల్ (Telugu) (page history and authors); ബൈക്ക് (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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