motocross

[ moh-toh-kraws, -kros ]

noun

1. a timed motorcycle race over a closed course consisting of a winding dirt trail with hills, jumps, sharp turns, and often muddy terrain. : MX

motocross

/ ˈməʊtəˌkrɒs /

noun

1. a motorcycle race across very rough ground
2. another name for rallycross See also autocross

Word History and Origins

Origin of motocross¹

First recorded in 1945–50; from French: equivalent to moto(rcycle) + cross(-country)

Word History and Origins

Origin of motocross¹

C20: from moto ( r ) + cross ( -country )

Example Sentences

In 2002 she married a fellow engineer, Charles Rogers, and with him lived active life — with a shared passion for white-water canoeing, motocross racing and other adventures — on a 24-acre homestead not far from Ann Arbor, Mich.

From Los Angeles Times

Few were better at it than Mr. Lagerfeld, who with his powdered ponytail, dark glasses and fingerless motocross gloves was a cartoon unto himself, but he was far from the only one.

From New York Times

On Sunday night, Gosling and Emily Blunt presented a tribute to stunts at the Academy Awards and on Tuesday, they arrived for their new movie’s world premiere in the back of a pickup truck — with a vintage California license plate that read “Fall Guy” — after two motocross motorcycles had created a processional of wheelies and tire smoke in front of the theater.

From Los Angeles Times

Pink, who’s married to former motocross racer Carey Hart — with whom she has a 12-year-old daughter, Willow, and a 6-year-old son, Jameson — will stop at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium on Thursday night.

From Los Angeles Times

A lawyer representing the boy's family accused police of ramming a patrol car into his motocross bike during a high-speed chase on Wednesday.

From Reuters