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

bicycle

noun
 
/ˈbaɪsɪkl/
 
/ˈbaɪsɪkl/
(also informal bike)
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  1. a road vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing the pedals with your feet
    • He got on his bicycle and rode off.
    • We went for a bicycle ride on Sunday.
    • She spent the day riding her bicycle around the lake.
    • a bicycle helmet/wheel
    Extra Examples
    • Did you come by bicycle?
    • I dismounted and began to push my bicycle up the hill.
    • She came off her bicycle when it skidded on some wet leaves.
    • She pedalled her bicycle up the track.
    Topics Transport by car or lorrya1, Sports: other sportsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bicycle
    • ride
    • get on
    • mount
    bicycle + noun
    • ride
    • rider
    • chain
    preposition
    • by bicycle
    • on a/​the bicycle
    phrases
    • lean a bicycle against something
    • prop a bicycle against something
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from bi- ‘two’ + Greek kuklos ‘wheel’.
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