plural bikes
1
: bicycle
They watch a middle-aged man pedal by on his bike, the carrier filled to the brim with its own pile of collectables.—
Joanne Ramondt
Joanne Ramondt2
: motorcycle
More than 100,000 motorcyclists are expected to descend on tiny Sturgis, S.D., this week for the annual Black Hills Motor Classic, the country's biggest bike rally.—Newsweek
Newsweek3
: motorbike
Yes, those are motorbikes racing around an ice track. No, that doesn't mean you should take your motorbike out on some ice and ride as fast as you can. These ice racers are serious. They modify their bikes to perform on the slippery surface provided by the great Michigan outdoors.—Jessica Shepherd
Jessica Shepherd4
: stationary bicycle
It's four in the morning and DeBartolo is already whirring away on the exercise bike. He'll ride and read for 90 minutes without stopping, then hit the rowing machine, then the stair-climber.—Rick Reilly
Rick Reilly
plural bikes
1
chiefly Scotland
: a nest of wild bees, wasps, or hornets
2
chiefly Scotland
: a crowd or swarm of people
Synonyms
Examples of bike in a Sentence
Noun (1)
likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends
Verb
We biked to the park.
He bikes in the mountains.
the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe
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Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
Hutt, a champion of the ballot measure known as Healthy Streets L.A, which requires the city to build bus and bike lanes, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Lex Harvey, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Serving as the gateway to the Olympic National Park, visitors and locals can enjoy picturesque hiking trials, bird watching, biking and much more.
—Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Noun
At the bike rental shop, a very large, very sweet German Shepherd greeted me from her dog bed by the counter.
—Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
Hutt, a champion of the ballot measure known as Healthy Streets L.A, which requires the city to build bus and bike lanes, didn’t respond to a request for comment.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
He is characterized in the media as a recluse, who likes to bike, and doesn’t smoke, drink, watch TV or listen to the radio.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Serving as the gateway to the Olympic National Park, visitors and locals can enjoy picturesque hiking trials, bird watching, biking and much more.
—Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bike. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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