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sɪ noun
1.
a vehicle with two wheels in tandem, usually propelled by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and a saddlelike seat.
verb (used without object)
2.
to ride a bicycle.
verb (used with object)
3.
to ship or transport directly by bicycle or other means.
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| —n | |
| 1. | cycle, Often shortened to: bike a vehicle with a tubular metal frame mounted on two spoked wheels, one behind the other. The rider sits on a saddle, propels the vehicle by means of pedals that drive the rear wheel through a chain, and steers with handlebars on the front wheel |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (intr) to ride a bicycle; cycle |
| [C19: from | |
| 'bicyclist | |
| —n | |
| 'bicycler | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bicycle
1868, coined from bi- "two" + Gk. kyklos "circle, wheel" (see cycle), on the pattern of tricycle; both the word and the vehicle superseding earlier velocipede. Probably not from French, though often said to be. The
assumption apparently is because Pierre Lallement, employee of a French carriage works, improved Macmillan's 1839 pedal velocipede in 1865 and took the invention to America. See also pennyfarthing.
"That ne plus ultra of snobbishness -- bicyclism." [1876]
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Example sentences
Many bicycle deaths result from bicycle-motor vehicle collisions.
Another one is the track of a bicycle pedal, when the bicycle is traveling at right angles to your line of sight.
Some find it quicker to ride a bicycle and weave through the cars than to take the bus or drive a private vehicle.
The bicycle has the right of way when the motor vehicle is making a turn, and you must yield to bicycle.
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