motorcycle
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- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 10
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Definition of motorcycle
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
“Her breakout was the 2017 production “Nate” (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.”
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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.”
“Vern rubbed her hands along the motorcycles, admiring their size and power, their silver and black sleekness.”
“Her breakout was the 2017 production “Nate” (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.”
verb
- (intransitive)To ride a motorcycle.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From motor + cycle, from the Motorcyclette produced in 1897 by the French Werner Frères et Cie.
Words you can make from motorcycle
195 playable · top: COLECTOMY (18 pts)
Best play colectomy 18 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
23 words- COMELY 13 pts
- CYCLER 13 pts
- COYOTE 11 pts
- MOOLEY 11 pts
- MOTLEY 11 pts
- MYRTLE 11 pts
- OOCYTE 11 pts
- TERMLY 11 pts
- COELOM 10 pts
- CORMEL 10 pts
- ROTELY 9 pts
- COLTER 8 pts
- COOLER 8 pts
- COOTER 8 pts
- LECTOR 8 pts
- MERLOT 8 pts
- MOLTER 8 pts
- MOOTER 8 pts
- OCELOT 8 pts
- LOOTER 6 pts
- RETOOL 6 pts
- ROOTLE 6 pts
- TOOLER 6 pts
5-letter words
32 words- CYCLE 12 pts
- CYCLO 12 pts
- CYMOL 12 pts
- MERCY 12 pts
- COOEY 10 pts
- COOLY 10 pts
- COYER 10 pts
- MELTY 10 pts
- MOORY 10 pts
- MOTEY 10 pts
- OCTYL 10 pts
- ROOMY 10 pts
- CELOM 9 pts
- COMER 9 pts
- COMET 9 pts
- COMTE 9 pts
- LOOEY 8 pts
- ROOTY 8 pts
- TOYER 8 pts
- CEORL 7 pts
- CLOOT 7 pts
- COLOR 7 pts
- COOER 7 pts
- METOL 7 pts
- METRO 7 pts
- MOLTO 7 pts
- MOREL 7 pts
- MOTEL 7 pts
- MOTOR 7 pts
- RECTO 7 pts
- ROMEO 7 pts
- TELCO 7 pts
4-letter words
69 words- CYME 11 pts
- CLOY 9 pts
- COLY 9 pts
- CORY 9 pts
- ELMY 9 pts
- MOLY 9 pts
- YLEM 9 pts
- COCO 8 pts
- COME 8 pts
- CORM 8 pts
- CROC 8 pts
- MERC 8 pts
- LORY 7 pts
- LYRE 7 pts
- OYER 7 pts
- RELY 7 pts
- RYOT 7 pts
- TORY 7 pts
- TOYO 7 pts
- TREY 7 pts
- TROY 7 pts
- TYER 7 pts
- TYRE 7 pts
- TYRO 7 pts
- YORE 7 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CLOT 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- COLT 6 pts
- COOL 6 pts
- COOT 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- LOCO 6 pts
- LOOM 6 pts
- MELT 6 pts
- MERL 6 pts
- MOLE 6 pts
- MOLT 6 pts
- MOOL 6 pts
- MOOR 6 pts
- MOOT 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- MORT 6 pts
- MOTE 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- ROOM 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TOCO 6 pts
- TOME 6 pts
- TOOM 6 pts
- TORC 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- LOOT 4 pts
- LORE 4 pts
- LOTO 4 pts
- OLEO 4 pts
- ORLE 4 pts
- ROLE 4 pts
- ROOT 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROTL 4 pts
- ROTO 4 pts
- TOLE 4 pts
- TOOL 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
- TORO 4 pts
3-letter words
51 words- MYC 10 pts
- COY 8 pts
- CRY 8 pts
- YOM 8 pts
- MOC 7 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- COL 5 pts
- COO 5 pts
- COR 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- LOC 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MOO 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LOO 3 pts
- LOR 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- OOT 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROO 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOO 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
2-letter words
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