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unicycle
English
Etymology
uni- +? cycle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?jun?sa?kl?/
Noun
unicycle (plural unicycles)
- A type of cycle that has only one wheel and is powered by pedals; it is most often used by acrobats.
Related terms
- bicycle
- tricycle
Translations
Verb
unicycle (third-person singular simple present unicycles, present participle unicycling, simple past and past participle unicycled)
- To travel or move around by unicycle.
Translations
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bike
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?k/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): [b??k]
- Rhymes: -a?k
Etymology 1
From bicycle, by shortening, and possibly alteration. Attested from 1882.
One explanation for the pronunciation is that bicycle is parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that bicycle is shortened to bic(ycle), and the terminal [s] is converted to a [k] because there is an underlying underspecified [k]/[s] sound, which is softened to [s] in bicycle but retained as [k] in bike; compare the letter ‘c’ (used for [k]/[s]).
Noun
bike (plural bikes)
- Clipping of bicycle.
- Clipping of motorbike.
- (slang, derogatory) Ellipsis of village bike
- Synonyms: slapper, slag
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Italian: bike f
- ? Norman: bike f
Translations
See also
- trike
Further reading
- bike on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Verb
bike (third-person singular simple present bikes, present participle biking, simple past and past participle biked)
- To ride a bike.
- To travel by bike.
- (transitive) To transport by bicycle
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bike, byke (“a nest of wild bees or wasps", also "honeycomb”). Of Unknown origin. Perhaps a back-formation of Middle English *bykere (“beekeeper”), from Old English b?ocere (“beekeeper”); or from Old English *b?c a byform of Old English b?c (“belly; vessel; container”). Compare also Old Norse bý (“bee”).
Noun
bike (plural bikes)
- (Scotland, Northern England) A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 107:
- he stood for a minute talking to them about their job of gathering cones, and telling them a story about a tree he'd once climbed which had a wasp's byke in it unbeknown to him.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 107:
- (chiefly Scotland, by extension, collective) A crowd of people.
Anagrams
- Beki, kibe
Basque
Etymology
From Latin pix.
Noun
bike inan
- pitch
Farefare
Etymology
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bí.ké/
Verb
bike
- shake, move
- Mam yet? m yõk? la foote, z? s?m da bike
- I'm going to take a photo, keep still, and do not move
- Mam yet? m yõk? la foote, z? s?m da bike
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English bike.
Noun
bike f (invariable)
- motorbike, motorcycle
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English bike.
Noun
bike f (plural bikes)
- (Jersey) bicycle
Derived terms
Northern Kurdish
Verb
bike
- third-person singular future of kirin
Slovene
Noun
bike
- accusative plural of bik
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