Dictionary Definition
bike
Noun
1 a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong
frame [syn: motorcycle]
2 a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is
moved by foot pedals [syn: bicycle, wheel, cycle] v : ride a bicycle [syn:
bicycle, cycle, pedal, wheel]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪk
Noun
- A short form of bicycle.
- A short form of motorcycle.
- (derogatory slang) A promiscuous woman.
Etymology
Unknown:Related terms
Translations
bicycle
- Czech: kolo
- Dutch: fiets , velo (only in Belgium)
- Finnish: pyörä, polkupyörä
- French: vélo
- German: Fahrrad , Rad , Velo (Switzerland), colloquial: Drahtesel
- Hungarian: bicaj (slang), bicó (slang), bringa (slang)
- Indonesian: sepeda
- Italian: bici (slang)
- Japanese: 自転車 (じてんしゃ, jitensha), チャリンコ (charinko, slang)
- Norwegian: sykkel
- Polish: rower
- Portuguese: bicicleta
- Romanian: bicicletă
- Slovak: bicykel
- Slovene: kolo
- Spanish: bici
- Swedish: cykel
- West Frisian: fyts
- Yiddish: ביציקל , ראָווער , וועלאָסיפּעד , ביציקלעט
motorcycle
- Czech: motorka
- Finnish: moottoripyörä
- French: moto
- German: Motorrad
- Hungarian: motor, motorkerékpár, moci (slang)
- Indonesian: sepeda motor
- Italian: moto
- Japanese: バイク (baiku)
- Norwegian: motorsykkel
- Polish: motocykl
- Portuguese: mota, motocicleta (archaism)
- Slovak: motorka
- Slovene: motorno kolo
- Spanish: moto
- Swedish: mc , MC , motorcykel , båge (slang)
promiscuous woman
- French: pute
- Italian: puttana
- Portuguese: puta; (figurative sense: vaca, cabra)
- Slovak: cundra
See also
Verb
- To ride a bike.
- I biked so much yesterday that I'm very sore today.
- To travel by bike.
- It was such a nice day I decided to bike to the store, though it's far enoguh I usually take my car.
Basque
Etymology
Latin pixNoun
bikeExtensive Definition
Bike may refer to:
- Abbreviation for either bicycle or motorcycle
- Bike (song), by Pink Floyd
- The Bike Company
- Bike, Ethiopia
- Bike Magazine about motorcycling
bike in Japanese: バイク