Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

bicycle

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) bicycle (noun)
  2. 2) bicycle (verb)
  3. bicycle gear (noun)
  4. bicycle kick (noun)
  5. bicycle shorts (noun plural)
  6. exercise bicycle (noun)
  7. motor bicycle (noun)
  8. safety bicycle (noun)
  9. six-day bicycle race (noun)
  10. stationary bicycle (noun)
  11. tandem bicycle (noun)
  12. motorbike (noun)

1bi·cy·cle

noun \ˈbī-si-kəl, -ˌsi- also -ˌsī-\

Definition of BICYCLE

: a vehicle with two wheels tandem, handlebars for steering, a saddle seat, and pedals by which it is propelled; also : a stationary exercise machine that resembles such a vehicle
See bicycle defined for English-language learners »
See bicycle defined for kids »

Examples of BICYCLE

  1. <the range of the boy's explorations vastly expanded when he acquired his first bicycle>

Origin of BICYCLE

French, from bi- + -cycle (as in tricycle)
First Known Use: 1863

Related to BICYCLE

Other Vehicles Terms

brougham, hansom, litter, shay, skid, sledge, sulky, wain

Rhymes with BICYCLE

dill pickle, icicle, obstacle, Popsicle, tricycle

Learn More About BICYCLE

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: bicycle gear
Previous Word in the Dictionary: bicuspid valve
All Words Near: bicycle

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up bicycle? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).