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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame [syn: motorcycle, bike] v
1: ride a motorcycle [syn: motorbike, motorcycle, cycle]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: motor bicycle Date: 1896 a 2-wheeled automotive vehicle for one or two people • motorcycle intransitive verb • motorcyclist noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(motorcycles) A motorcycle is a vehicle with two wheels and an engine. = motorbike N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

bicycle, bike, bus, catch a train, chauffeur, chopper, cycle, drive, entrain, go by rail, iron, joyride, make a train, minibike, motocycle, motor, motorbike, pedal, pedicab, pig, ride, road-bike, take a joyride, taxi, trail bike, tricycle, trike, wheel