Thesaurus results for BIKE

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noun (1)

ˈbīk

Definition of bike

as in bicycle

a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends

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noun (2)

chiefly Scottish

as in crowd

a great number of persons or creatures massed together the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe

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Recent Examples of bike

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Where their routes diverge the van pulls in, next to a variety of vehicles, including bikes, single person robotaxis and more which are already waiting. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The Automated Bike Lane Enforcement system, the first in California, uses AI technology to target motorists who illegally park or stop in the nearly 40 miles of bike lanes that run along the beach and throughout the city. — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 Donald has kept himself in prime shape, but football isn’t riding a bike. — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 July 2026 The suspect either fell off his bike or was taken off his bike by officers, Patterson said. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bike

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bike

Noun

While electric bicycles can be more expensive than traditional bicycles, the roughly $1,000 to $6,000 cost of a mid-range e-bike is still more affordable than most vehicles.

— Madison Smalstig July 18, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
That great-grandfather, Gurbachan Singh Maan, had come to Britain in the 1930s as a peddler, walking the lanes of southeast England with a bicycle and an armful of scarves, towels and handkerchiefs.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of bicycle

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That’s why Fox Sports frequently showed the throng of fans in KC celebrating during games.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Given the throng of big names at Tuesday’s match, there should be no shortage of dignitary shots with Messi in town Wednesday.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of throng

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The immediate focus is Frenzy 8, a 200-pound-force-thrust engine designed for swarm-class drones, expendable aircraft and other uncrewed defense systems.

— Carolyn Schwaar, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
That agentic swarm exploited a flaw in Hugging Face’s data-processing pipeline to gain the ability to run code as a processing worker, eventually escalating to high-level access to the company’s cloud and server clusters.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026

Definition of swarm

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People throughout the country flock to download storefronts like iTunes and streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and others to listen to their favorite patriotic cuts.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Hugh Jackman leads a flock of sheep that end up forced to solve his murder in a small village.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Definition of flock

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This is a real neighborhood with authentic shops and restaurants, removed from the hordes of tourists near the Duomo.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
That year, the number of possible points had changed from two hundred to four hundred, and the newspapers reported that this test had slaughtered hordes of top students.

— Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Definition of horde

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Zelenskyy appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new army chief, according to a statement on social media.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
In 2024, he was made commander of the Ukrainian Land Forces, one of the most senior posts in the Ukrainian army, before being appointed commander of the Joint Forces the following year.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of army

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But the series is careful to cast suspicions in a multitude of directions, not merely at Michael but at several people in Sarah’s orbit who only reveal themselves when backed into corners.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 July 2026
Most of Smash’s fruit happens to come from upcycled sources–perfectly delicious fruit that otherwise would be going to waste for a multitude of reasons.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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