bicycle

bicycle

/ˈbaɪsɪkl/

(also informal bike)

a road vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing the pedals with your feet

He got on his bicycle and rode off.

We went for a bicycle ride on Sunday.

She spent the day riding her bicycle around the lake.

a bicycle helmet/wheel

Did you come by bicycle?

I dismounted and began to push my bicycle up the hill.

She came off her bicycle when it skidded on some wet leaves.

She pedalled her bicycle up the track.

Collocations

verb + bicycle

get on

bicycle + noun

preposition

by bicycle

on a/​the bicycle

phrases

lean a bicycle against something

prop a bicycle against something

bicycle

/ˈbaɪsɪkl/

​(+ adv./prep.) to go somewhere on a bicycle

Word Origin

mid 19th cent.: from bi- ‘two’ + Greek kuklos ‘wheel’.