"motormuis" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmoː.tɔrˌmœy̯s/ Audio: Nl-motormuis.ogg Forms: motormuizen [plural], motormuisje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Compound of motor (“motorbike”) + muis (“mouse”). Etymology templates: {{com|nl|motor|muis|gloss1=motorbike|gloss2=mouse}} motor (“motorbike”) + muis (“mouse”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|m,f|-zen|+}} motormuis m or f (plural motormuizen, diminutive motormuisje n)
  1. (Netherlands) a police officer on a motorcycle Tags: Netherlands, feminine, masculine Synonyms (police officer on a motorcycle): zwaantje (english: Belgian Dutch)
    Sense id: en-motormuis-nl-noun-CT151IZ3 Categories (other): Netherlands Dutch, Dutch alliterative compounds, Dutch nouns with m+f gender, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch alliterative compounds: 74 26 Disambiguation of Dutch nouns with m+f gender: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'police officer on a motorcycle': 99 1
  2. a biker Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-motormuis-nl-noun-6sRZP6Dd Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Cycling Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Cycling: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "english": "I would like to drive somewhere with a hot biker and have a pleasant tête-à-tête.",
          "ref": "1998 May 27, “Zuid-West Nederland Contactlijn”, in Scheldebode, page 9:",
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