# motorcycle

Pronunciation: US say "MOH-tur-sy-kuhl" /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/; UK say "MOH-tuh-sy-kuhl" /ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/

## Noun

1. An open-seated motor vehicle steered with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, usually having two wheels but sometimes three.
   - Simple: A two-wheeled vehicle with an engine and handlebars that you sit on to ride.
   - _She fixed the engine on her old motorcycle before the long trip._
   - _A row of police motorcycles lined the parade route._

## Verb

2. To ride a motorcycle, especially as a way of getting from one place to another.
   - Simple: To travel somewhere by riding a motorcycle on the road.
   - _Each spring, thousands motorcycle through the mountains to the rally._
   - _She prefers to motorcycle rather than drive when the weather is clear._

## Origin

Formed from "motor" and "cycle," the word derives from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French firm Werner Frères et Cie.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/motorcycle (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).