snow bike

noun

A mini-snowmobile built out of the frame of a motocross motorcycle (dirtbike), replacing the rear drive wheel with a long trailing caterpillar track and the front wheel with a single ski.

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Meanings

nounsnow bike (plural snow bikes)

plural snow bikes · alternative snowbike · alternative snow-bike

  1. A mini-snowmobile built out of the frame of a motocross motorcycle (dirtbike), replacing the rear drive wheel with a long trailing caterpillar track and the front wheel with a single ski.
  2. Synonym of skibike (A bicycle frame with both the front and rear wheels replaced by skis)

    Synonyms: skibike

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of skibike (A bicycle frame with both the front and rear wheels replaced by skis)

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Origin

From snow + bike. * snow + bike (“motorcycle”) From being something akin to a two-wheeled motorcycle adapted for snow * snow + bike (“bicycle”) From being something akin to a bicycle adapted to snow

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snow bike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20bike

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“snow bike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20bike. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snow bike,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snow%20bike.

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