This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
unicycle
[ yoo-nuh-sahy-kuhl ]
/ ˈyu nəˌsaɪ kəl /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun
a vehicle with one wheel, especially a pedal-driven device kept upright and steered by body balance, commonly used by acrobats and other performers.
verb (used without object), u·ni·cy·cled, u·ni·cy·cling.
to ride a unicycle.
QUIZ
FIRE UP YOUR VOCAB FOR A "RED" SYNONYMS QUIZ
No fire engine reds here, only a fierce collection of vibrant words for the color red to test yourself on.
Question 1 of 7
What does "amaranth" mean?
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
OTHER WORDS FROM unicycle
u·ni·cy·clist, nounWords nearby unicycle
unicornous, unicorn plant, unicorn uterus, unicostate, unicuspid, unicycle, unidentified, unidimensional, unidirectional, UNIDO, uniface
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
How to use unicycle in a sentence
And I guarantee that neither candidate is going to rip up your commuter route and replace it with a unicycle track.
Unicycle, ū-ni-sī′kl, n. an acrobat's cycle having but one wheel.
Lenny sat behind the far desk, watching his brother come up the primrose path in a unicycle.
The Foreign Hand Tie|Gordon Randall GarrettM. Scuri is also known as the inventor of a unicycle and a quadruple cornet.
British Dictionary definitions for unicycle
unicycle
/ (ˈjuːnɪˌsaɪkəl) /
noun
a one-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals, esp one used in a circus, etcAlso called: monocycle
Derived forms of unicycle
unicyclist, nounWord Origin for unicycle
from uni- + cycle, on the model of tricycle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012