bicycle
Plural: bicycles
Noun
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
- Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.
- A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
- The best possible hand in lowball.
- A motorbike.
- A slut; a promiscuous woman.
- A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
- The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
Verb
Verb Forms: bicycled, bicycling, bicycles
- To ride a two-wheeled vehicle propelled by pedals.
- ride a bicycle
- To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
- To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
Examples
- He tried to bicycle his way out of a bad rack by swapping tiles.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“bi-”) + cycle (“cycle”). First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847.
(promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders.
Synonyms
bike, cycle, pedal, wheel, bicycle, celeripede, pushbike, two-wheeler, velocipede
Scrabble Score: 16
bicycle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbicycle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bicycle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary