Synonyms for motorcycle

Grammar : Noun

Spell : moh-ter-sahy-kuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊ tərˌsaɪ kəl

Définition of motorcycle

Origin : 1895, a hybrid from motor + -cycle, from bicycle. Motocycle also was used late 19c.
The horse follows the crooks of a country road, but then the training of the "motorcycle" (horrid name) will inevitably straighten out the crooks in the country road, and afford long ranges of straight tracks. [Payson Burleigh, "The Age of Steel," Oct. 12, 1895]
Related: Motorcyclist.

noun motorbike

Example sentences :

Explain how gasoline makes a motorcycle go, and why it goes "pop, pop, pop."
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

With which confession Hooker resumed his tinkering on the motorcycle.
Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott

In the carriage house he sat down on the box beside his motorcycle.
Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott

He's got a motorcycle, you know, and would be apt to pace them.
Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren

By this time Ward on his motorcycle was abreast of the camp.
Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren

Just behind it, too, a man on a motorcycle came suddenly into view.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on the Trail » by George Durston

"I'd save it towards a motorcycle," declared Billiard boastfully.
Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown

He sped there on his motorcycle and so by chance he was left alive to tell what he had seen.
Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings

And he turned to an officer who was just mounting a motorcycle.
Extract from : « With Haig on the Somme » by D. H. Parry

"That was mighty clever work of yours with the motorcycle," he said to Tom.
Extract from : « The Boy Scout Automobilists » by Robert Maitland

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