Bike
Definitions
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Clipping of bicycle. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- A hive of bees, or a nest of wasps, hornets, or ants.
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Clipping of motorbike. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- A crowd of people.
- Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.
- Ellipsis of village bike.
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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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