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Definition of bike noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bike

noun
 
/baɪk/
 
/baɪk/
(informal)Idioms
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  1. a bicycle
    • I used to ride my bike around the neighbourhood for hours.
    • by bike I usually go to work by bike.
    • He met her when he took part in a bike ride along the Nile.
    • She got on her bike and rode off.
    • He was knocked off his bike by a motorcyclist.
    • A series of new bike paths wind around the city.
    • Hop on your bike and head to town.
    see also city bike, dockless bike, mountain bike, pushbike, quad bike, racing bike, road bike
    Extra Examples
    • She pedalled her bike up the track.
    • We had to push our bikes up the hill.
    • We watched the boys on their bikes.
    Topics Sports: other sportsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dirt
    • mountain
    • racing
    verb + bike
    • ride
    • get on
    • mount
    bike + noun
    • ride
    • race
    • tour
    preposition
    • by bike
    • on a/​the bike
    phrases
    • lean a bike against something
    • prop a bike against something
    See full entry
  2. a motorcycleTopics Transport by car or lorrya1
  3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: abbreviation.
Idioms
on your bike!
  1. (British English, informal) a rude way of telling somebody to go away
See bike in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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