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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame [syn: motorcycle, bike]
2: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals [syn: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle] v
1: ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. chiefly Scottish a nest of wild bees, wasps, or hornets 2. chiefly Scottish a crowd or swarm of people II. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1882 1. bicycle 2. motorcycle 3. motorbike 4. stationary bicycle III. intransitive verb (biked; biking) Date: 1895 to ride a bike

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. colloq. --n. a bicycle or motor cycle. --v.intr. ride a bicycle or motor cycle. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bike Bike, n. [Ethymol. unknown.] A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bikes, biking, biked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A bike is a bicycle or a motorcycle. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT 2. To bike somewhere means to go there on a bicycle. (INFORMAL) I biked home from the beach. = cycle VERB: V adv/prep

Moby Thesaurus

bicycle, 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