motorcycle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.

   Her big mission is to recover the precious Blue Star (a glowing rock in a box), which leads to a Western shoot-out, a space-age motorcycle gang, and an unamusing Darth Vader-esque villain.

2. 2
   noun

   a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame

3. 3
   verb

   ride a motorcycle

4. 4
   verb

   To ride a motorcycle.

Etymology

From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.