Sekirov Dictionary

bicycle

/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/

noun 10
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun10

a machine on two wheels that someone rides, sitting on a seat and pushing with the feet
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(nonstandard) Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.
- The small, three-wheeled bicycle-type vehicle is probably the lowest-cost set of wheels for routine, in-park patrol use. — 1980
(UK, Australia) A motorbike.
The best possible hand in lowball.
(slang) The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
(slang, vulgar) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
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Two interconnected metabolic cycles.
- 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”. — 2021
A bicyclic molecule.
A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.

verb2

To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
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(historical) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
- “Bicycling” defeated the possibility of topicality, a prime production habit of the network-trained production executives staffing the new entity. — 2002

forms

bicycled · bicycling · bicycles

Phrases with bicycle

bicycle chain
The endless chain, of roller chain type, that transmits power from the pedals to the driven wheel of a bicycle via a sprocket attached to each of those.

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