Meaning

Clipping of bicycle..

Definitions by Sense

1. Clipping of bicycle.
2. Clipping of motorbike.
3. Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.
4. (slang, derogatory) Ellipsis of village bike.
5. (intransitive) To ride a bike.
6. (intransitive) To travel by bike.
7. (transitive) To transport by bicycle.
8. (Scotland, Northern England) A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants.

Example Sentences

It's called a gravel bike, and seems to combine the advantages of both road and mountain bikes – with a similar ability to lap up the miles on tarmac as a road bike, while still being very capable off-road.

Some of the bikes parked outside Granite Oaks Middle School are the Class Two e-bikes the district is banning.

He warmed up the engine; the bike hovered off the ground despite his weight and the extra equipment.

In 2017, Amsterdam banned beer bikes from the center of the Dutch city. About 6,000 locals signed a petition, calling on the council to outlaw the vehicles, referring to them as a “terrible phenomenon.”

I biked so much yesterday that I'm very sore today.

In the 1890’s “women were behind the stove,” he relates. But they cycled, too. “And they had difficulty pedalling bicycles with ankle-length skirts. “At the time,” Taylor said, “the most sinful thing a woman could do was to show light between her legs. “The original culotte was designed by a LAW member’s wife. The churches (in the East) termed this bepantsed female activity of biking “sinful bicycling,” he noted.

It was such a nice day I decided to bike to the store, though it's far enough I usually take my car.

He saw me catch a trap and leave the house of a drug dealer. That's why he targeted me. He could have easily blown my ass off right then and there for lying, but for some reason he didn't. He just left. I biked back to my plug's spot and told him […]

Word Forms

• bikes
• biking
• biked
• byke

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