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bicycle

noun
/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusder. Middle French French cycle French bicyclebor. English bicycle Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“two”) + cycle (“cycle”). By surface analysis, bi- + cycle. First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847. (promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders.

  1. borrowed from bicycle

Definitions

  1. A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a…

    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.

  2. Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of…

    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.

  3. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. The best possible hand in lowball.

    2. A motorbike.

    3. A slut

      A slut; a promiscuous woman.

    4. A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.

    5. The wheel

      The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.

    6. A bicyclic molecule.

    7. 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”.

    8. To travel or exercise using a bicycle.

      • “At least it cannot be your health," said he, as his keen eyes darted over her; "so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy.” […] “Yes, I bicycle a good deal, Mr. Holmes, and that has something to do with my visit to you to-day.”

    9. 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.
      • In turn, two-inch tapes of these could be “bicycled” from one place to another across the country, thereby altering and improving production economies.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bicycle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at bicycle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at bicycle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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