superbike

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noun

A super sport bike with a large engine, usually between 800 and 1200 cc

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounsuperbike (plural superbikes)

plural superbikes · alternative super bike

  1. hobbiesA super sport bike with a large engine, usually between 800 and 1200 cc

    "Do you stay at the front of the second class, or step up and show what you can do on a superbike?"

    2009 January 20, Craig Duff, “Broc Parkes up for big test”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2009

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  10. Proto-Italic*dwis
  11. Old Latinduis
  12. Latinbis
  13. Frenchbi-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  16. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  17. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  18. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  19. Late Latincyclus
  20. Frenchcycle
  21. Frenchbicycle
  22. Englishbicycleclip.
  23. Englishbike
  24. Englishsuperbike

From super- + bike.

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Translations

Finnish superpyörä
  • superpyörätype of motorbike
Cite this entry
APA

superbike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superbike

MLA

“superbike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superbike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superbike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superbike.

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