bicycle
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- bicycler noun
- bicyclist noun
Etymology
Origin of bicycle
Example Sentences
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After a year of rehabilitation after the shooting, she had regained her ability to read and write, as well as to hike and ride a bicycle, according to her daughter, Adrienne Spohr.
From Los Angeles Times
As the tram careens past, a delivery man can been seen leaping to safety from his bicycle, while a passerby also races out of the way.
From Barron's
He commutes to his job at a Copenhagen newspaper via bicycle, and says it can sometimes be difficult just to find a bike amid the mess of metal and rubber.
From BBC
Although it can be loosely compared to the motion of a spinning conductor in a bicycle dynamo, the true processes driving the field are far more complicated.
From Science Daily
"Times are tough," the 27-year-old, who now commutes by bicycle from his Havana suburb to the city center, told AFP.
From Barron's
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