bike

[ bahyk ]

/ baɪk /

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noun

Informal.

a bicycle.
a motorbike.
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.

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Idioms about bike

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

Origin of bike

1880–85, Americanism; alteration of bicycle

Other definitions for bike (2 of 2)

bike²

[ bahyk ]

/ baɪk /

noun Scot. and North England.

a colony, nest, or swarm of wild bees, wasps, or hornets.

a teeming crowd; swarm of people.

Origin of bike

1250–1300; Middle English, equivalent to *bi bee (<Old Norse bȳbee¹) + *yeke,Old English gēoc help, safety

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How to use bike in a sentence

Someone looking to “buy a bike” in Atlanta will see different suggestions than someone using the same query in New York.
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On building bike lanes and making way for the type of new development that will let the city hit other key climate goals, the Council hasn’t done much.
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He also came off his bike twice and had a bloody leg to show for it.
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This geometry makes the bike more grounded, providing confidence at high speeds and on challenging terrain.
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Strapping your tube to your bike could also allow you to pack a light layer.
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Here is where the biking becomes the most beautiful — and increasingly challenging.
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He says biking long distances is “like coming to peace in your mind and your body.”
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What would professional running and competitive biking contribute to a place that has mountain lions and grizzly bears?
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Biking and marathoning on park trails are to predators the equivalent of running.
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The location of thousands of deaths over the past few decades, it has nevertheless become a popular biking route.
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There was a bright color on her face, but then she had been "biking," and it was warm.
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Bob and Jack are coming to-night to give me my first lesson in biking.
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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.
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Better biking with Pa, from morning till night, and only coming home after the show.
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July, 1911, was a hot month and a dusty, and we were biking fifty miles the day.
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British Dictionary definitions for bike (1 of 2)

bike¹

/ (baɪk) /

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

British Dictionary definitions for bike (2 of 2)

bike²

byke

Scot

noun

a wasps' or bees' nest

verb (intr)

to swarm

Word Origin for bike

C14: of uncertain origin

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