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☆ bike (bīk)

noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb biked, biking bik′·ing

  1. bicycle
  2. motorcycle

Etymology: < bicycle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

bike Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • ride: DW: Do you ride a bike much yourself, ever done a timed run down the Nevis Range track?

Adjective modifier

  • folding: It also develops its own ideas, such as a table football table and a folding bike for the new Volkswagen Beetle.

Modifies a noun

  • ride: Come on a bike ride down on the Moors!

Noun used with modifier

  • quad: Some of these centers also have purpose built quad bike tracks.
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bike quotes

On yer bike!

-Anonymous

I'm on my bike.

-Armistead, Lewis Addison

Put me back on my bike.

-Simpson,Tom

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