Meaning of bicycle | Babel Free

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1. bicycle, pushbike, cycle
2. A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
3. step over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)
4. Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.
   broadly, proscribed, sometimes
5. To ride or travel on a bicycle.
6. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
7. (often abbreviated to bike (baik) , cycle (ˈsaikl) ) a pedal-driven vehicle with two wheels and a seat. fiets دَرّاجَةٌ هَوائيّه велосипед bicicleta jízdní kolo das Fahrrad cykel ποδήλατο bicicleta jalgratas دوچرخه polkupyörä bicycletteאופניים साइकिल bicikl kerékpár sepeda reiðhjól bicicletta 自転車 자전거 dviratis divritenis, velosipēds basikal fietssykkelrowerbicicleta bicicletă велосипед bicykel kolo bicikl cykel รถจักรยานสองล้อ bisiklet 自行車 велосипед با ئسیکل ، سائیکل xe đạp 自行车
   often abbreviated to
8. The best possible hand in lowball.
9. (usually abbreviated to ˈcycle) to ride a bicycle. He bicycled slowly up the hill. fiets ry يَرْكَبُ درّاجة هوائيّه карам велосипед andar de bicicleta jet na kole radeln cykle κάνω ποδήλατο ir/montar en bicicleta jalgrattaga sõitma دوچرخه سواری کردن pyöräillä aller à bicyclette לִרְכַּב אוֹפָנַיים साइकिल चलाना voziti bicikl kerékpározik bersepeda hjóla andare in bicicletta 自転車に乗る 자전거를 타다 važiuoti dviračiu braukt ar divriteni/velosipēdu berbasikal fietsensykle jechać rowerem بایسکل چلول andar ...
   usually abbreviated to
10. A motorbike.
    Australia, British, New-Zealand
11. bicicleta;stationary ___ → ___ estacionaria.
12. A slut; a promiscuous woman.
    slang, vulgar
13. A vehicle consisting of a light frame mounted on two typically wire-spoked wheels one behind the other and usually having a seat, handlebars for steering, brakes, and two pedals by which it is driven.
14. A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
15. An exercise bicycle.
16. The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
    slang
17. (Automotive Engineering) a vehicle with a tubular metal frame mounted on two spoked wheels, one behind the other. The rider sits on a saddle, propels the vehicle by means of pedals that drive the rear wheel through a chain, and steers with handlebars on the front wheel. Often shortened to: cycle or bike
    or
18. A bicyclic molecule.
19. (intr) to ride a bicycle; cycle
    intr
20. Two interconnected metabolic cycles.
21. a vehicle with two wheels in tandem, pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, handlebars for steering, and a saddlelike seat.
22. to ride a bicycle.

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Examples

“In most English villages, as we are informed, bicycles are not allowed on the sidewalks; and the hand-books issued by English manufacturers of bicycles caution their customers that it is a forbidden practice, while in many places bells have to be attached to the bicycles even when ridden in the streets.”

“The small, three-wheeled bicycle-type vehicle is probably the lowest-cost set of wheels for routine, in-park patrol use.”

“‘What sort of bullying does this sergeant go in for?’ ‘Character assassination,’ she said in a matter-of-fact tone that belied the very real difficulties it was causing her. ‘There’s a lot of whispering about slags and tarts behind my back and sniggers whenever I appear. Half of the men seem to think I’m a dyke who needs curing, the other half think I’m the platoon bicycle. [...]’”

“The fumarate produced in the argininosuccinase reaction is also an intermediate of the citric acid cycle. Thus, the cycles are, in principle, interconnected — in a process dubbed the “Krebs bicycle”.”

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