bikie

B3I1K5I1E1
Australia/ˈbɑɪ.kiː/

noun

A motorcyclist who is a member of a club; a biker.

OriginEnglish bike ← French bicycle ← Late Latin cyclus →
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Meanings

nounbikie (plural bikies)

plural bikies · alternative bikey

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandslangA motorcyclist who is a member of a club; a biker.

    What so you're a bikie now?

    2018 October 9, “Clean Slate”, in Wentworth
    1 more example

    A luxury waterfront flat believed to be owned by a Hells Angels bikie in Sydney was searched by police this afternoon.

    2008 February 19, Dylan Welch, Sydney Morning Herald

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bikermotorbiker

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Proto-Italic*dwis
  5. Old Latinduis
  6. Latinbis
  7. Frenchbi-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  11. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  12. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  13. Late Latincyclus
  14. Frenchcycle
  15. Frenchbicycle
  16. Englishbicycleclip.
  17. Englishbike
  18. Englishbikie

From bike (“short for motorbike”) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

kibei
Cite this entry
APA

bikie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bikie

MLA

“bikie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bikie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bikie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bikie.

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