Bicycle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Safety bicycle \Safety bicycle\
     A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually about 28
     inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear
     (driving) wheel by a multiplying gear. Since the 1930's this
     has been the most common type of bicycle, now simply called
     {bicycle}. The older high-wheelers are often referred to as


     {bone-rattlers}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bicycle \Bi"cy*cle\, n. [Pref. bi- + cycle.]
     A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It
     has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting
     on cranks or levers.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bicycle
       n : a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot
           pedals [syn: {bike}, {wheel}, {cycle}]
       v : ride a bicycle [syn: {cycle}, {bike}, {pedal}, {wheel}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "bicycle":
     bike, bus, catch a train, chauffeur, chopper, cycle, drive,
     entrain, go by rail, iron, joyride, make a train, minibike,
     motocycle, motor, motorbike, motorcycle, pedal, pedicab, pig, ride,
     road-bike, take a joyride, taxi, trail bike, tricycle, trike,
     two-wheeler, velocipede, wheel