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bike

1 [bahyk] noun, verb, biked, bik·ing.
noun
1.
Informal.
a.
b.
c.
a motorcycle.
2.
Harness Racing. a sulky with tires like those of a bicycle.
verb (used without object)
3.
to ride a bike: I bike to work.
4.
get off one's bike, Australian Informal. to lose control of oneself or become angry.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; alteration of bicycle

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bike1 (baɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n, —vb
1.  informal bicycle short for motorcycle
2.  slang (Brit) on your bike away you go
3.  slang (Austral), (NZ) get off one's bike to lose one's self-control
 
n
4.  slang a promiscuous woman: the town bike

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bike or (Scot) byke2 (bəɪk, baɪk, bəɪk, baɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a wasps' or bees' nest
 
vb
2.  to swarm
 
[C14: of uncertain origin]
 
byke or (Scot) byke2
 
n
 
vb
 
[C14: of uncertain origin]

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bike
1882, Amer.Eng., shortened and altered form of bicycle.
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bike definition


  1. n.
    a motorcycle; a bicycle. : You have to wear a helmet with a bike that size, don't you?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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