bicycle
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.
to ride a bicycle.
to ship or transport directly by bicycle or other means.
Origin of bicycle
1Other words from bicycle
- bi·cy·clist, bi·cy·cler, noun
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How to use bicycle in a sentence
At the end of each evening, he would begin to nod off, and I bicycled my way back to the hotel.
I bicycled over yesterday evening, and have been at it since then.'
Trent's Last Case | E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) BentleyWe grown-ups bicycled along behind the seventeen kilometres to Morlaix.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport GibbonsIt was fair in the morning so I bicycled, thinking that as the rain was so heavy it would have cleaned the roads.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesSo now if one bicycled off it would be into the very maw of an angry bull.
Dangerous Ages | Rose Macaulay
She actually bicycled off to the railway station, sent a telegram for her things, and came up to Margaret.
Elizabeth's Campaign | Mrs. Humphrey Ward
British Dictionary definitions for bicycle
/ (ˈbaɪsɪkəl) /
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: Often shortened to: cycle, informal bike
(intr) to ride a bicycle; cycle
Origin of bicycle
1Derived forms of bicycle
- bicyclist or bicycler, noun
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