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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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