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      bicycle
      noun
      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.
      (British, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
      The best possible hand in lowball.
      (poker slang) The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
      A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
      (climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
      (vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
      (by extension, sometimes proscribed) Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.
      verb
      (ambitransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
      (television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
      Roots
      bisbi- · Latin · twice, twokyklos-cycl · Greek · circle, wheel
      Synonyms for bicycle
      bikenvelocipedenpedalvmotorcyclenmotorbikenminibikentrikentricyclenwheelnridevpedicabn
      Words related to bicycle
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      Where does bicycle come from?

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