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bicycle
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“bi-; two”) +? cycle (“cycle”). First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847.
(promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?s?kl?/
- Hyphenation: bi?cy?cle
Noun
bicycle (plural bicycles)
- A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
- Synonyms: (clipping) bike, pushbike, (historical) velocipede; see also Thesaurus:bicycle
- Hypernym: cycle
- A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
- The best possible hand in lowball.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
- (vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) a slut; a promiscuous woman
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Burmese: ????????? (bhuingca.kai)
- ? Papiamentu: baiskel
- Sranan Tongo: baisigri
- ? Urdu: ????????
Translations
Verb
bicycle (third-person singular simple present bicycles, present participle bicycling, simple past and past participle bicycled)
- (intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
Translations
French
Alternative forms
- bécik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bi.sikl/
Noun
bicycle m (plural bicycles)
- bicycle
- Synonym: bicyclette
Derived terms
- bicyclette
Descendants
- ? English: bicycle
Further reading
- “bicycle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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cycling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa?k(?)l??/
- Hyphenation: cy?cling
Verb
cycling
- present participle of cycle
Noun
cycling (countable and uncountable, plural cyclings)
- (uncountable) The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)
- Synonym: biking
- (uncountable) The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.
- In all my years as a cycling fan, I've never seen a breakaway like this.
- Synonym: cycle sport, Synonym: race cycling
- (countable) Any cyclic action or process
- Synonym: (rare) cyclism
Translations
Adjective
cycling (not comparable)
- That undergoes a cyclic motion or process
Further reading
- cycling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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