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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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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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Videos of him jumping an R6 supersport bike damn near ten feet in the air. — Loz Blain september 24, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026 The Orange County School Board unanimously voted in July to ban most students from riding e-bikes and e-scooters to campus when the school year started last month. — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 The delineators between the bike lane and sidewalk will help keep cyclists and pedestrians separated. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Refinished hardwood floors complete this home, which is located in a building with a package room, fitness center and bike room. — Kim Quillen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bike

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Active travelers will appreciate the gear shed, stocked with bicycles, helmets, backpacks, hiking sticks, binoculars, guitars, cameras, hoverboards, and basketballs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
The man then appears to stab and slash the tires of a bicycle in front of the building before storming off, the video shows.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of bicycle

Noun

The small park in front of the adobe-looking Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was packed on a Friday night with an all-ages crowd listening to live music.

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Law enforcement was present along with a crowd of about a hundred protesters.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of crowd

Noun

With her high heels, bright smile, and entourage of millennial assistants and executives, Terekh stands out in her factory, where throngs of middle-aged men lug drone parts, wield power tools and chain-smoke cigarettes.

— Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Over the past few days, the people at the front of the lines have gradually moved closer and closer to the courtroom, to the point where the doors can barely open without bumping into a throng of people.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of throng

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This comes as the war in Ukraine has already seen widespread deployment of such uncrewed surface vessels in combat, along with swarms of flying attack drones and ground robots.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
Patrick testified and found himself at the center of an online swarm of sleuths and influencers dissecting every detail of the case, developing theories that portray him as uncaring, unfaithful and even the murderer of his children.

— Ross Douthat, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of swarm

Noun

In contrast to his father, the younger Jeffs enforced stricter regulations for his flock to follow.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of flock

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But none have had the kind of folksy humor and candor that can draw hordes of investors each year, like those attending Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting.

— Josh Funk, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
But none have had the kind of folksy humor and candor that can draw hordes of investors each year, like those attending Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of horde

Noun

Its ability to protect the most vulnerable, those who have no army or arsenals, has never been so weak.

— Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Separately, Boulos declined to confirm or deny that Washington withheld a UN General Assembly visa for Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of army

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Jones is, as she’s proven throughout her career, immensely adept at capturing a multitude of personae with quick shifts of posture, timbre, and accent, though in this case, a sameness comes with recounting so much recent political conversation.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Another from a user named EDSHRANCOMPLICIT featured a video of a man demonstrating a multitude of ways to give the camera the middle finger.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

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