noun
bicycle
BEYE-sihkl
noun
1
A two-wheeled vehicle steered with handlebars and powered by pedaling.
"She rode her bicycle to work every morning."
"He taught his daughter to ride a bicycle without training wheels."
verb
1
To ride or travel by bicycle.
"They bicycled across the country over the summer."
How to Use Bicycle
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pedal-powered two-wheeled vehicle, or the act of riding one.
Common pairings
ride a bicycle
bicycle helmet
bicycle lane
Word Forms
bicycled past tense, bicycles plural, bicycles singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from French bicycle, from "bi-" ("two") plus "cycle" ("wheel," from Greek kuklos). First recorded in French in 1847 and in English by 1868.