bike¹

[bahyk]

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noun

Informal.
1. a bicycle.
2. a motorbike.
3. a motorcycle.
Harness Racing. a sulky with tires like those of a bicycle.

verb (used without object), biked, bik·ing.

to ride a bike: I bike to work.

Idioms

get off one's bike, Australian Informal. to lose control of oneself or become angry.

Origin of bike¹

1880–85, Americanism; alteration of bicycle

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Examples from the Web for biking

Contemporary Examples

Here is where the biking becomes the most beautiful — and increasingly challenging.
Biking With the Bard
Kara Cutruzzula
December 28, 2014
He says biking long distances is “like coming to peace in your mind and your body.”
Biking With the Bard
Kara Cutruzzula
December 28, 2014
Biking and marathoning on park trails are to predators the equivalent of running.
American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad
Doug Peacock
July 6, 2014
Races, including running (road and off-road), biking, swimming, and a combination of all three, are a great way to get moving.
Five Smarter Ways to Train Your Heart
DailyBurn
December 9, 2013
A viewer can almost feel the thrill of biking on a glorious day become supercharged with the rush of riding in numbers.
How New York City’s ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Terrorized a Young Family
Michael Daly
October 2, 2013

Historical Examples

There was a bright color on her face, but then she had been "biking," and it was warm.
Friendship and Folly
Maria Louise Pool
July, 1911, was a hot month and a dusty, and we were biking fifty miles the day.
Shandygaff
Christopher Morley
Give me your biking cap, unless you want to use it in the play.
The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces
John Kendrick Bangs
As a matter of fact, the thought that you would come to the rescue never occurred to me till I was biking back from town.
The Hill
Horace Annesley Vachell
It's the ring of Saturn, and, as the saying goes, for biking Saturn is quite the cheese.
Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy
John Kendrick Bangs

British Dictionary definitions for biking

bike¹

noun, verb

informal short for bicycle, motorcycle
on your bike British slang away you go
get off one's bike Australian and NZ slang to lose one's self-control

noun

slang a promiscuous womanthe town bike

bike²

byke

Scot

noun

a wasps' or bees' nest

verb (intr)

to swarm

Word Origin

C14: of uncertain origin

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Word Origin and History for biking

bike

n.

1882, American English, shortened and altered form of bicycle.

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Examples from the Web for biking

Contemporary Examples

Here is where the biking becomes the most beautiful — and increasingly challenging.

He says biking long distances is “like coming to peace in your mind and your body.”

Biking and marathoning on park trails are to predators the equivalent of running.

Races, including running (road and off-road), biking, swimming, and a combination of all three, are a great way to get moving.

A viewer can almost feel the thrill of biking on a glorious day become supercharged with the rush of riding in numbers.

Historical Examples

There was a bright color on her face, but then she had been "biking," and it was warm.

July, 1911, was a hot month and a dusty, and we were biking fifty miles the day.

Give me your biking cap, unless you want to use it in the play.

As a matter of fact, the thought that you would come to the rescue never occurred to me till I was biking back from town.

It's the ring of Saturn, and, as the saying goes, for biking Saturn is quite the cheese.

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Word Origin and History for biking

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n.

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