Bicycle Definition

bīsĭkəl, -sĭ-kəl, -sīkəl
bicycled, bicycles, bicycling
noun
bicycles
A vehicle consisting of a light frame mounted on two wire-spoked wheels one behind the other and having a seat, handlebars for steering, brakes, and two pedals or a small motor by which it is driven.
American Heritage
A vehicle consisting of a tubular metal frame mounted on two large, wire-spoked wheels, one behind the other, and equipped with handlebars, a saddlelike seat, and foot pedals.
Webster's New World
An exercise bicycle.
American Heritage

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.

Wiktionary

A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.

Wiktionary
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verb
bicycled, bicycles, bicycling
To ride or travel on a bicycle.
Webster's New World
To carry on or as on a bicycle.
Webster's New World
To travel over on a bicycle.
Webster's New World

To travel or exercise using a bicycle.

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Other Word Forms of Bicycle

Noun

Singular:
bicycle
Plural:
bicycles

Origin of Bicycle

  • From bi- (“two”) +‎ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kuklos, “circle, wheel”), on the pattern of tricycle. First attested in English in 1868, from French bicyclette (1847). Superseded earlier velocipede.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably bi– -cycle (on the model of tricycle three-wheeled coach)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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