motorcycle

Etymology

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

noun

1. An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
   Vern rubbed her hands along the motorcycles, admiring their size and power, their silver and black sleekness. 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 43

verb

1. (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle.