English Explanatory Dictionary

bicycle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A vehicle that has two primary 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.
  2. Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.
  3. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
  4. The best possible hand in lowball.
  5. A motorbike.
  6. A slut; a promiscuous woman.
  7. A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
  8. The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
  9. A bicyclic molecule.
  10. Two interconnected metabolic cycles.
verb
  1. To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
  2. To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.

Pronunciation

/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/ en-us-bicycle.ogg En-uk-a bicycle.ogg EN-AU ck1 bicycle.ogg /ˈbʌɪsɪkəl/ /baj.sajkɪl/

Word forms

bicycle bicycles bicycling bicycled

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusder. Middle French French cycle French bicyclebor. English bicycle Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“two”) + cycle (“cycle”). By surface analysis, bi- + 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.

Synonyms

bicycle wheel bike celeripede cycle velocipede pushbike two-wheeler

Related words

cycle motorcycle tricycle unicycle trike velodrome

Derived words

antibicycle autobicycle a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle balance bicycle bicyclable bicycle bridge bicycle carrier bicycle chain bicycle clip bicycle crunch bicycle face bicycle gear bicycle helmet bicycle Irish bicycle kick bicycle landing gear bicycle lane bicyclelike bicycle mail bicycle monarchy bicycle motocross bicycle path bicycle pump bicycler bicycle rack bicycle roundabout bicycle shorts bicycle stand bicycle tire bicycle touring bicycle tourist bicycle wrench bicyclian bicyclism bicyclist cargo bicycle Christ on a bicycle e-bicycle electric bicycle exercise bicycle exercycle fandom bicycle fixed-gear bicycle freight bicycle ghost bicycle gravel bicycle like riding a bicycle lowrider bicycle motorbicycle mountain bicycle push bicycle recumbent bicycle ride the cotton bicycle road bicycle safety bicycle stationary bicycle tandem bicycle time trial bicycle touring bicycle

Translations

Afrikaans: fiets Akan: basekre Albanian: biçikletë Amharic: ብስክሌት Western Apache: iłkádilʼisí Arabic: دَرَّاجَة Arabic: عجلة Arabic: بسكلتة Arabic: قاري Arabic: بسكليتة Arabic: بشكليطة Arabic: بيسيكلت Arabic: بيسيكليت Arabic: بِسْكْلات Arabic: بسكليت Arabic: بشكليت Arabic: پيكاله Chadian Arabic: بسكليت Iraqi Arabic: بايسِكِل Tunisian Arabic: بِسْكْلات Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܲܪܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ ܗܵܘܵܝܬܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܝܸܣܟܸܠ Armenian: հեծանիվ Asturian: bicicleta Aukan: baisigii Azerbaijani: velosiped Azerbaijani: dırığın Azerbaijani: düçərxə Azerbaijani: çarx Basque: txirrindu Basque: bizikleta Belarusian: ро́вар Belarusian: веласіпе́д Bengali: ঠেংগাড়ী Bengali: সাইকেল Bouyei: danycey Breton: bisiklet Breton: marc'h-houarn Bulgarian: колело́ Bulgarian: велосипе́д Burmese: စက်ဘီး Burmese: ဘိုင်စကယ် Carpathian Rusyn: біціґель Catalan: bicicleta Cheyenne: amo'a'óvâhtsestôtse Chichewa: njinga Chinese Cantonese: 單車 /单车 Chinese Cantonese: 腳車 /脚车 Chinese Cantonese: 自行車 /自行车 Chinese Cantonese: 腳踏車 /脚踏车 Chinese: чидичәзы Chinese: 跤踏車 /跤踏车 Chinese: 孔明車 /孔明车 Chinese: 自轉車 /自转车 Chinese: 鐵馬 /铁马 Chinese: 鐵馬仔 /铁马仔 Chinese: 自輪車 /自轮车 Chinese: 動輪車 /动轮车 Chinese: 獨輪車 /独轮车 Chinese: 單車 /单车 Chinese: 自行車 /自行车 Eastern Min Chinese: 跤踏車 /跤踏车 Hakka Chinese: 自行車 /自行车 Hakka Chinese: 腳踏車 /脚踏车 Hakka Chinese: 自轉車 /自转车 Chinese Mandarin: 自行車 /自行车 Chinese Mandarin: 腳踏車 /脚踏车 Chinese Mandarin: 單車 /单车 Chinese Mandarin: 鐵馬 /铁马 Chinese Mandarin: 自由車 /自由车 Northern Min Chinese: 跤踏車 /跤踏车 Teochew: 跤踏車 /跤踏车 Wu Chinese: 腳踏車 /脚踏车 Wu Chinese: 自行車 /自行车 Cornish: deuros Cornish: dewros Crimean Tatar: ayaqmaşina Crimean Tatar: ayaqmaşna Czech: kolo Czech: jizdní kolo Czech: bicykl Danish: cykel Dhivehi: ބައިސްކަލު Central Dusun: bosikol Dutch: fiets Dutch: rijwiel Dutch: velo
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