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motorcycle

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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Afrikaansmotorfiets
Azərbaycan dilimotosiklet
Българскимотоциклет
Cymraegbeic modur
ગુજરાતીમોટરસાયકલ
Hausababur
Bahasa Indonesiakeretasepeda motor
Íslenskamótorhjól
Қазақ тілімотоцикл
Kurdîmotomotor
LëtzebuergeschMotoMotorrad
Lietuviųmotociklas
Latviešumotocikls
Te Reo Māorimotopaika
Македонскимотормотоцикл
Монголмотоцикл
नेपालीमोटरसाइकल
Portuguêsmotomotocicleta
Românămotocicletă
Русскиймотоцикл
Ikinyarwandaipikipiki
Slovenčinamotocykelmotorka
Kiswahilipikipiki
Türkmençemotosikl
Tagalogmotorsiklo
Setswanasethuthuthu
Türkçemotosiklet
ئۇيغۇرچەموتسىكلىت
Українськамотоцикл

Examples

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.”
That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anythingsnatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets. Her husband, Francis Steegmuller, the critic, translator and biographer who died in 1994, had a bag snatched, and while he lost only a guidebook, he was badly injured as he held on to it and was dragged behind the attacking motorcycle.”
Vern rubbed her hands along the motorcycles, admiring their size and power, their silver and black sleekness.”
Her breakout was the 2017 productionNate” (available as a Netflix special) in which she played a toxic, handsy bro who drove a motorcycle onstage, guzzling beers, groping audience members and creating chaos.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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