bicycle
noun /ˈbaɪsɪkl/
/ˈbaɪsɪkl/
(also informal bike)
- a road vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing the pedals with your feet
enlarge image- 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 ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya1, Sports: other sportsa1- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + bicycle- ride
- get on
- mount
- …
- ride
- rider
- chain
- …
- by bicycle
- on a/the bicycle
- lean a bicycle against something
- prop a bicycle against something
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from bi- ‘two’ + Greek kuklos ‘wheel’.
