bicycle
IPA: bˈaɪsɪkʌɫ
noun
- 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.
- 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.
- (climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
- (poker slang) The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
- (television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
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Examples of "bicycle" in Sentences
- The man was wearing bicycle shorts.
- I covered my bicycle with the sheet.
- The recumbent bicycle is in the hall.
- The bicycle and the cyclist's equipment.
- This was the period of the bicycle boom.
- He was one of the pioneers of the bicycle kick.
- He prefers the ergonomics of the recumbent bicycle.
- The diameter of the drive wheel determined the gear of the bicycle.
- Another example of tacit knowledge is the ability to ride a bicycle.
- There are some bicycles, but they have flattened oval curlicues for wheels.
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