u·ni·cy·cle

[yoo-nuh-sahy-kuhl] noun, verb, u·ni·cy·cled, u·ni·cy·cling.
noun
1.
a vehicle with one wheel, especially a pedal-driven device kept upright and steered by body balance, commonly used by acrobats and other performers.
verb (used without object)
2.
to ride a unicycle.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; uni- + cycle

u·ni·cy·clist, noun
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unicycle (ˈjuːnɪˌsaɪkəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Also called: monocycle a one-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals, esp one used in a circus, etc
 
[from uni- + cycle, on the model of tricycle]
 
'unicyclist
 
n

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Word Origin & History

unicycle
1869, Amer.Eng., from L. uni- "one" (see uni-) + -cycle, from bicycle (from Gk. kyklos "circle, wheel").
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Example sentences
In warmer months, he likes to ride a unicycle on mountain trails.
Another crow wheeled around at one point on a unicycle.
In this particular case, it was a clown on a unicycle, pedalling through an
  open square on campus.
It might be a car that fits neatly into a backpack, a unicycle that folds up
  into a shrimp fork, or a solar-powered scooter.
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