bicycle
Other forms: bicycles; bicycling; bicycled
A bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle that's propelled by foot pedals and steered with handlebars. They say you never forget how to ride a bicycle once you learn.
When you travel to places like Amsterdam and Beijing you'll see people of all ages using bicycles as their major form of transportation. The word bicycle is also a verb, as in "I think I'll bicycle over to the bakery and buy some muffins." The word bicycle was coined in the 19th century from a combination of the Greek bi, or "two," and kyklos, "wheel."
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a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedalstypes:all-terrain bike, mountain bike, off-roadera bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous countrypush-bikea bicycle that must be pedaledsafety bicycle, safety bikebicycle that has two wheels of equal size; pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gearvelocipedeany of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheeltype of:wheeled vehiclea vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
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