Meaning of Bike | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Clipping of bicycle.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
2. A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants.
   Northern-England, Scotland, informal
3. Clipping of motorbike.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
4. A crowd of people.
   Scotland, broadly, collective, informal
5. Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.
6. Ellipsis of village bike.
   abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, ellipsis, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“It's called a gravel bike, and seems to combine the advantages of both road and mountain bikes – with a similar ability to lap up the miles on tarmac as a road bike, while still being very capable off-road.”

“Some of the bikes parked outside Granite Oaks Middle School are the Class Two e-bikes the district is banning.”

“He warmed up the engine; the bike hovered off the ground despite his weight and the extra equipment.”

“In 2017, Amsterdam banned beer bikes from the center of the Dutch city. About 6,000 locals signed a petition, calling on the council to outlaw the vehicles, referring to them as a “terrible phenomenon.””

“like blue bottle flees in a blink of sunshine, […]A bonny bike there’s o’ them!”

“he stood for a minute talking to them about their job of gathering cones, and telling them a story about a tree he’d once climbed which had a wasp’s byke in it unbeknown to him.”

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