motorcycle.
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
Meaning & usage
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
Where this word comes from
From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.
To ride a motorcycle.
Where this word comes from
From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.
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