plural bikes
1
: bicycle
They watch a middle-aged man pedal by on his bike, the carrier filled to the brim with its own pile of collectables.—
Joanne Ramondt
Joanne Ramondt2
: motorcycle
More than 100,000 motorcyclists are expected to descend on tiny Sturgis, S.D., this week for the annual Black Hills Motor Classic, the country's biggest bike rally.—Newsweek
Newsweek3
: motorbike
Yes, those are motorbikes racing around an ice track. No, that doesn't mean you should take your motorbike out on some ice and ride as fast as you can. These ice racers are serious. They modify their bikes to perform on the slippery surface provided by the great Michigan outdoors.—Jessica Shepherd
Jessica Shepherd4
: stationary bicycle
It's four in the morning and DeBartolo is already whirring away on the exercise bike. He'll ride and read for 90 minutes without stopping, then hit the rowing machine, then the stair-climber.—Rick Reilly
Rick Reilly
plural bikes
1
chiefly Scotland
: a nest of wild bees, wasps, or hornets
2
chiefly Scotland
: a crowd or swarm of people
Examples of bike in a Sentence
Noun (1)
likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends
Verb
We biked to the park.
He bikes in the mountains.
the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe
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Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
The acronym is a tribute to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bike in Arlington, Texas, and murdered.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
That said, the guides recommended some activities that might be more interesting yet still suitable for active children, including walking the Rainbow Valley, biking the Devil’s Gorge, or going down the sand dunes at Las Cornices.
—Liz Humphreys, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025
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Noun
But the statute says nothing about bike lanes, which festoon the city of Little Rock.
—Frank Fellone, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2025
The acronym is a tribute to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bike in Arlington, Texas, and murdered.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 May 2025
Verb
Besides overseeing 524 miles of navigable waterways, the corporation operates and maintains about 150 miles of the canal trail that spans 365 miles of walking and biking paths between Buffalo and Albany and from Albany to Whitehall.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
That said, the guides recommended some activities that might be more interesting yet still suitable for active children, including walking the Rainbow Valley, biking the Devil’s Gorge, or going down the sand dunes at Las Cornices.
—Liz Humphreys, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025
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“Bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bike. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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