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bicycle noun [ ˈbʌɪsɪk(ə)l ]

• a vehicle consisting of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
Similar: cycle, two-wheeler, pedal cycle, bike, pushbike,

bicycle verb

• ride a bicycle.
• "they spent the holidays bicycling around the beautiful Devonshire countryside"
Origin: mid 19th century: from bi- ‘two’ + Greek kuklos ‘wheel’.


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