Definitions

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  • noun A sport involving the off-road racing of motorcycles.

Etymologies

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Blend of motorcycle and cross-country

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Examples

  • There are so many pot-holes on the roads, it seems like riding in a moto-cross competition.

    More on Pune's roads. Chirayu 2004

  • There are so many pot-holes on the roads, it seems like riding in a moto-cross competition.

    Archive 2004-09-01 Chirayu 2004

  • Sculpted trousersuits in pale beige, featured moto-cross and bomber-jackets, with fox collars and rippled, pleat details at the back.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • It is four skiers at a time racing down a moto-cross course, and officially described as an event with "turns in a variety of types and sizes, flat sections and traverses, as well as rolls, banks and ridge."

    SBNation.com - All Posts Ryan Hudson 2010

  • In program sunt incluse concursuri si demonstratii de zbor cu motoparapanta, speed fly, zboruri demonstrative pilotaj avioane, motodeltaplane, salturi cu parasuta, evolutie balon cu aer cald, zbor la mosor, pilotaj radiocomandat (machete de avioane-aeromodele), bungee jump, competitii de moto-cross si off-road.

    dor de duca | unde sa nu stai acasa 2010

  • Instead of imagining flying it as a Sopwith Camel, he's racing it as a motorcycle in moto-cross competitions.

    Mania News Feed 2010

  • It is four skiers at a time racing down a moto-cross course, and officially United States is still the big leader in both the overall medal count and total gold medals

    SBNation.com - All Posts Ryan Hudson 2010

  • It is four skiers at a time racing down a moto-cross course, and officially described as an event with "turns in a variety of types and sizes, flat sections and traverses, as well as rolls, banks and ridge."

    SBNation.com - All Posts Ryan Hudson 2010

  • The sport is equal parts snowboard cross, moto-cross and insanity.

    SBNation.com - All Posts Ryan Hudson 2010

  • The Motorcycle Segment engages in the production of motorcycles that consist of sports (trial and moto-cross racing), business, and commuter models, as well as all-terrain vehicles, personal watercraft, and multi utility vehicles.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Michael Michaud 2010

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