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noun (1)

ˈbīk How to pronounce bike (audio)
Definition of bikenext
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
Noun
In 2020, Fort Worth restriped Hemphill Street from Hammond Street to Vickery Boulevard, narrowing it from five lanes to three, and adding bike lanes, bus pull-outs and street parking. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 The All-Pro left tackle spent the weeks since pulling a hamstring during a conditioning run on the first day of training camp riding a stationary bike, grinding on a VersaClimber, working in the pool and skiing his way back into football shape. — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 Alex Williamson's son has been riding his e-bike and legally parking in the neighborhood. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 The nearly two-minute spot depicts a club-wielding bureaucrat chasing and tripping a child on a bike and another stealing a boy’s scooter. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bike
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bike
  1. bicycle
  2. crowd
  3. throng
  4. swarm
  5. flock
  6. horde
  7. army
  8. multitude
Noun
  • The materials science behind polymer chains explains why a bicycle manufacturer would choose to glue a frame together.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The resort's daily fee of $35 includes not just Wi-Fi, but a continental breakfast, an afternoon tea and snacks, bicycles, and pool access.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of bicycle
Noun
  • Hvar banned its circuit of thumping DJ parties in 2024 in an effort to rebrand itself, but August’s high tourist season in Hvar Town still draws heavy crowds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
  • So too the buzz around the event last year and this, with first-round matches in 2025 attracting large and engrossed crowds.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowd
Noun
  • The cows made their way to the altar — with the handlers helping to guide them with hay — through throngs of people and a few mascots sitting in seats and lined up on the streets, who stopped by just to see the unique occasion.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Officers also described the throng of parents searching for children and spouses who worked at the school, including a woman who said her husband had grabbed their child and hidden near an ice machine in the basement of the church.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of throng
Noun
  • The growth of agentic AI and the rise of cyber hacks orchestrated by agents are forcing companies to invest in more tools to manage swarms of new identities.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This phrase is a complicated way of simply acknowledging the fact that Pluto sits within the Kuiper Belt, a vast swarm of bodies that go around the sun in similar orbits beyond Neptune.
    — Mike Brown, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of swarm
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  • In Placer County, at least 12 of Lincoln’s flock cameras have been vandalized this year.
    — Haley Parsley August 22, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office identified a suspect’s vehicle, which was involved in a shooting Wednesday in Odessa, after the vehicle was flagged by a flock camera, according to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of flock
Noun
  • Chino Hills State Park is almost never crowded, except during a spring super bloom, when the hillsides erupt in California poppies and hordes of would-be influencers arrive to take photos for Instagram.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Or what about storming the field, the tradition that follows a momentous win, when order dissolves and players brace themselves for a horde of fans pouring out of the stands.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of horde
Noun
  • Last week, the army announced criminal investigations into two other high-profile attacks by its troops in Gaza — the 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the 2025 killing of 15 paramedics.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Ruling against the army doesn’t mean the army will behave any differently.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of army
Noun
  • If none of this piques your interest, spend time in the 8,000-square-foot spa, where a multitude of treatments along with a swirling hydrotherapy circuit and sauna are at your fingertips.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
  • With 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods announced on Saturday that include a multitude of apparel products, consumers are bound to feel the impacts of the United States-Canada trade war when browsing for outerwear this fall.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of multitude

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