motorcycle
noun
mo·tor·cy·cle
ˈmō-tər-ˌsī-kəl 
: an automotive vehicle with two in-line wheels
motorcycle
intransitive verb
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Police responded around 7:48 a.m. to the Crownsville scene where the motorcycle struck a 2014 Toyota Sequoia heading south on St. Stephens Church Road.
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Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
Hamid Khan Hussain Khel is one of the country’s 400 postmen, zipping around the capital on a motorcycle bearing Afghan Post’s jaunty blue and yellow.
—Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Noisy neighbors My patients have dealt with it all — from oblivious upstairs neighbors dragging chairs across the floor at 3 a.m. to intentional harassment with slammed doors to all-night motorcycles and drug deals.
—Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
An off-duty Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy died in a motorcycle crash in Sunrise on the Fourth of July.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
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Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
Hamid Khan Hussain Khel is one of the country’s 400 postmen, zipping around the capital on a motorcycle bearing Afghan Post’s jaunty blue and yellow.
—Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Noisy neighbors My patients have dealt with it all — from oblivious upstairs neighbors dragging chairs across the floor at 3 a.m. to intentional harassment with slammed doors to all-night motorcycles and drug deals.
—Lisa Strauss, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
An off-duty Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy died in a motorcycle crash in Sunrise on the Fourth of July.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
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“Motorcycle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorcycle. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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motorcycle
noun
mo·tor·cy·cle
ˈmōt-ər-ˌsī-kəl
: a motorized vehicle for one or two passengers that has two wheels
motorcycle
verb
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