motorcycle

noun
/ˈməʊtəˌsaɪkəl/UK/ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/US/ˈmoʊtɚsɪk(ə)l/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *kʷékʷlos
  2. derived from κύκλος
  3. derived from cyclus
  4. inherited from cicle — “fixed length period of years
  5. formed as motorcycle — “motor + cycle

Definitions

  1. An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two…

    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.
    • Vern rubbed her hands along the motorcycles, admiring their size and power, their silver and black sleekness.
  2. To ride a motorcycle.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at motorcycle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01motorcycle02ride03bicycle04handlebar05motorbike

A definitional loop anchored at motorcycle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at motorcycle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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