Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vehicle consisting of a light frame mounted on two wire-spoked wheels one behind the other and having a seat, handlebars for steering, brakes, and two pedals or a small motor by which it is driven.
- noun An exercise bicycle.
- intransitive verb To ride or travel on a bicycle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A modification of the two-wheeled velocipede (which see).
- To ride on a bicycle.
- noun A traveling block used on a cable in steam-skidding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and asaddle seat or seats and is usuallypropelled by the action of a rider’s feet uponpedals . - noun A traveling block used on a
cable in skidding logs. - noun The best possible hand in
lowball . - verb To
travel orexercise using a bicycle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- verb ride a bicycle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That said, she steps over to the railing where her own bike, as in bicycle, is securely chained and waiting.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2003
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Eventually, bicyclette replaced the French word bicycle.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Eventually, bicyclette replaced the French word bicycle.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Riding your bicycle is a totally Freeing Experience:
“More Ass, Less Gas” – Live from the Philly Naked Bike Ride 2009
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The fact that a unicycle lacks certain components of a bicycle does not mean that the bicycle is therefore not irreducibly complex.
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If you live and work in a town of 100,000 or more, a bicycle is as fast as a car and parking is a nightmare.
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Today's Video: Astronaut Mike Gernhardt: Flying a submersible - just like riding a bicycle is the next entry in this blog.
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If you live and work in a town of 100,000 or more, a bicycle is as fast as a car and parking is a nightmare.
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Attached to the back of his bicycle is a cart with a steaming pot of tamales.
Watching Pablo Sleep 2008
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Attached to the back of his bicycle is a cart with a steaming pot of tamales.
Watching Pablo Sleep 2008
rolig commented on the word bicycle
This everyday word always makes me have to think how to spell it! And I'm a good speller. But everytime I write it, or type it, I am tempted to spell it "bycicle". I have to dissect it as bi+cycle. It's an unusual case where "y" is pronounced as a short "i" (ih).
May 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bicycle
"When the police subsequently raided the Bicycle Clinic, the Fire Department at first blocked them from entering for safety reasons. The building was so crammed with bicycles and bike parts that a Fire Department rescue squad had to remove the upper-floor windows and lower the bicycles by rope.
That was just the beginning. An additional 200 bikes were seized in Mr. Kenk’s home. Ten landlords around the city reported that their garages had been rented by Mr. Kenk and were bulging with bicycles. As the police gathered the mounds of bikes, they also found cocaine, crack cocaine, about 15 pounds of marijuana and a stolen bronze sculpture of a centaur and a snake in battle."
-- "In a Cyclist-Friendly City, a Black Hole for Bikes," New York Times online, 8/21/08
August 22, 2008
john commented on the word bicycle
“Tennis is known as a gentleman’s game and serving up bagels, or bicycles, as a 6-0, 6-0 set is called in Switzerland, was once viewed as bad sportsmanship.”
The New York Times, Shut Out at Age 10, Federer Never Lost That Way Again, by Dave Seminara, May 21, 2010
May 22, 2010