[syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bicycle
n 1: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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