cycling

[ sahy-kling ]

noun

1. the act or sport of riding or traveling by bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
2. Also called bicycle race,. Sports. a race on lightweight bicycles with low handlebars, conducted for specified distances or against time on a dirt or board track or over public roads between cities.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cycling¹

First recorded in 1935–40; cycle + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

During the Vietnam war, packages containing the spray were being sent to soldiers to keep their finicky M16s cycling.

From Popular-Science

At its core, the company sells a piece of hardware with virtual cycling lessons, a model skeptics say is easily copyable.

From Fortune

Other sports, including cycling, are naturally more prone to collecting more data — and more prone to tension between that data and the athletes.

From Washington Post

Other companies represented in the consortium include the engineering company Bosch, the bicycle computing company Hammerhead and the cycling equipment companies Specialized, SRAM and Shimano.

From Washington Post

Even as someone who follows the cycling world as part of my job, I find it hard to keep up with it all.

From Outside Online

He subsequently met with city officials, including Police Chief Tom Jackson, who is described as a “cycling enthusiast.”

From The Daily Beast

William, Kate and Harry are all big supports of British cycling.

From The Daily Beast

Given that Pippa is currently cycling across America, maybe they should have invited her.

From The Daily Beast

Armstrong and others have made the point that pro cycling has the most stringent drug testing of any professional sport.

From The Daily Beast

Compared to European cycling, the major pro sports in the U.S. have been slow to get serious about drug testing.

From The Daily Beast

He remembered passing the lodge gates some year or two before when cycling through Surrey.

From Project Gutenberg

Beautiful as he thought the whole district to be when cycling through it years before, he had no idea it was like this.

From Project Gutenberg

Cycling does not appear to commend itself greatly to the Spanish idea of recreation.

From Project Gutenberg

One comprehensive glance the detective gave him, noted the cycling clips and the splashes of mud on his trousers, and understood.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the day of the great road race, under the auspices of the Associated Cycling Clubs.

From Project Gutenberg