bike

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.1.4 See also 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

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  Rhymes: -aɪk

[edit] Etymology 1

From bicycle, by shortening

[edit] Noun

bike (plural bikes)

1. A short form of bicycle.
2. A short form of motorcycle.
3. (slang) A promiscuous woman.

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• (motorcycle): motorbike
• (woman): slapper (British), slag (British)

[edit] Derived terms

• (bicycle) dirt bike; like riding a bike; mountain bike; road bike
• (motorcycle) biker; bikey or bikie (Australia); quad bike
• (woman) town bike

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• trike

[edit] Verb

to bike (third-person singular simple present bikes, present participle biking, simple past and past participle biked)

1. To ride a bike.

   I biked so much yesterday that I'm very sore today.

2. To travel by bike.

   It was such a nice day I decided to bike to the store, though it's far enough I usually take my car.

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From Middle English

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bike (plural bikes)

1. (northern British) The collective noun for a nest of wild bees, wasps or ants.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: beik
• Beki
• kibe

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Latin pix

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bike

1. pitch

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English

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bike f. inv.

1. motorbike, motorcycle