Bike

Definition: Bike

Bike

Noun

1. A motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame.

2. A cycle that has two wheels; moved by foot pedals.

Verb

1. Ride a bicycle.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bike" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references)

Note: Bike \Bike\, noun. [Ethymol. unknown.]. (references)

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Bike

Journey

Vehicle; automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter',trolley, locomotive; legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters.

Vehicle

Truck, tram; cariole, carriole; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair; chaise; palankeen, palanquin; litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon, conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn, dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner, shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel; hobbyhorse, go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle.

Motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan; wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car.

Crosswords: Bike

You were pretty good with the bike. (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

I like a woman with an arse you can park a bike in and balance a pint of beer on. (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding)

Say That's a nice bike (Terminator 2: Judgment Day; writing credit: James Cameron; William Wisher Jr.)

It's not a bike, it's a chopper (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Roger Avary, Quentin Tarantino)

I was just admiring your bike. (Something Wild; writing credit: E. Max Frye)

I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like (BIKE; performing artist: Pink Floyd)

Where you could ride your new bike to school (One Voice; performing artist: Billy Gilman)

And take a long ride on my motor bike (Crazy Little Thing Called Love; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Freddie Mercury)

A bloke's bike back brake block broke. (references; author: unknown)

Sky Bike (1967)

Bike Boy (1967)

6 Day Bike Rider (1934)

Jungle Bike Riders (1925)

Spike's Busy Bike (1917)

Bike (performing artist: Pink Floyd)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Bike Tour Mystery (Nancy Drew, 168) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bike (reference)

• Bike : Britains Biggest Motorcycle Magazine (reference)

• Bike Culture Quarterly (reference)

• Bike Magazine (reference)

• Bike Midwest (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bike Blast U.S.A. - Sturgis (reference)

• Red Shoe Diaries - Girl on a Bike (reference)

• BIKE REPAIR VIDEO (reference)

• Dirt Bike Kid (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Kidnapper Van: Beats to Rock While Bike Stealin' (reference)

• Give Me Your Clothes And The Keys To Your Bike (reference)

• Swain's First Bike Ride (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Freestyler Bike PC (reference)

• Magellan 701260 Bike Mounting Bracket (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• THE CLUB Model BC00303: The Bike Club ? Red (reference)

• Makita DK1032DLK Reciprocating Saw, Circular Saw, Hammer Drill-Driver Kit - Includes Free Mountain Bike, a $289.00 Value (reference)

• Racor PBS-2R Floor Bike Stand (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This set of images shows a man on a lifecycle from several different angles: long shot of the full bike; close-up of the computer; and an over-the-shoulder shot. Credit: Ernie Branson (photographer).

Various images of 3 people riding bicycles on a wooded bike path. There is a man, a youn woman and an older woman. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Maj. Terrence Leary (left) helps Maj. Russell Fellers adjust the seat before taking off on the next 10-mile leg of a 40-mile mountain bike relay during the all-service Wilderness Challenge 2000. Leary and Fellers were members of the Air Force Pentagon tea.

Bike TrailBoise FrontFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Don Smurthwaite.

Sand Butte from South Bike TripCraters of the MoonShoshone Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District. Credit: Duane Reynolds.

[Montgomery County bike day at NIH]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Army Nurses enjoy bike riding while awaiting assignment]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Man with broken bike quarreling with another who has dropped a stone. Credit: Library of Congress.

Speeding to the "bike". Credit: Library of Congress.

The American Burlesquers 15 beauties : Bunco bike. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

I had arranged to go for a spin on the bike with some fellows out by Malahide

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Healthier cholesterol levels can be achieved by watching fats in your diet and regular aerobic exercise such as walking, running, swimming, or bike riding. (references)

Business

In 2000, Germany imported over 3,500 exercise units from the United States valued at USD 7.1 million, an increase of 20 percent over 1999. Leading U.S suppliers include Avia, Bike Athletic, BMI Home Fitness Equipment, California Bodywear, California Suncare, Fitness Master, Cra-Zee Wear, Gilda Marx, Hitman/NDL Products, Nordictrak, Otomix, Powerhouse Gyms, Reebok, and Stairmaster. (references)

Children

Yemen

In 2000 three teenagers with disabilities toured the country on specially adapted bicycles and, supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and private sector contributions, took their bike tour to several Arab countries. (references)

Human Rights

Gambia

The victims were traveling from neighboring Casamance, Senegal, into the country on a motor bike, allegedly carrying cannabis. (references)

Suriname

When the police took a man into custody during the summer on suspicion of motor bike theft, they took him to a detention area and handcuffed him. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "bike": bike lane ♦ Bike Mountain Cross ♦ class I bike path ♦ class III bike route ♦ exercise bike ♦ motor bike ♦ mountain bike ♦ ride a bike ♦ safety bike ♦ trail bike ♦ transbar power bike. Additional references.

Beginning with "bike": bike-and-ride, bike-less, bike-park, bike-racing, bike-riding, bike-y.

Ending with "bike": mountain-bike.

Containing "bike": motor-bike-riding.

Afrikaans

fiets (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Albanian

biçikletë (bicycle, cycle, machine, push bicycle, roadster). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وكر زنابير, ‏ركب دراجة (bicycle, cycle, pedal), ‏دراجة هوائية (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Bulgarian 

карам велосипед (pedal, wheel), карам моторетка, карам мотоциклет, велосипед (bicycle, cycle, pushbicycle, wheel), моторетка (motorbike), мотоциклет (motorcycle). (various references)

Catalan

bicicleta (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Chinese 

自行车 (bicycle). (various references)

Czech

kolo (bicycle, bout, coil, cycle, hoop, round, wheel). (various references)

Danish

cykel (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Dutch

tweewieler (bicycle, cycle), fiets (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Esperanto

biciklo (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Farsi 

مخففelcycib , کندوی زنبوعسل , جمعیت (Army, Company, Crowd, Flock, Gang, Group, Habitancy, Heap, Herd, Mob, Party, People, Population, Press, Society, Throng), انبوه (Aggregate, Clump, Collective, Congeries, Dense, Gross, Heap, Luxuriant, Rank, Riffraff, Thick, Voluminous), دوچرخه (Cart). (various references)

Finnish

polkupyörä (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

French

vélo (bicycle), bicyclette (bicycle), bécane (bicycle). (various references)

Frisian

fyts (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

German

Fahrrad (bicycle, cycle), rad (bicycle, cartwheel, Castor, cycle, gearwheel, wheel), Motorrad (motorbike, motorcycle). (various references)

Greek 

ποδήλατο (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Hawaiian

biçikletë (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Hebrew 

לרכוב על אופנים (bicycle), אופנים (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Hungarian

bicikli (bicycle, cycle, iron horse), kerékpár (bicycle, cycle, iron horse, wheel), bringa (cycle), bicaj. (various references)

Icelandic

reiðhjól (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Indonesian

mengataskan (bike up, lift up, place higher). (various references)

Irish

rothar (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Italian

bicicletta (bicycle, cycle, push-bike, two-wheeler). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

バイキング料理 (bicology, bicycle motocross, binary, binary dump, binary file, bin-aural, binder, bisexual, bite, bypass, byte, byte swap, byte-code, byte-compile, motorcycle, smorgasbord, viper, vitality, work). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

バイク (motorcycle). (various references)

Korean 

자전거 (bicycle). (various references)

Lombard

bici (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Norwegian

sykkel (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Papiamen

baiskel (bicycle, cycle), bais (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Pig Latin

ikebay.(various references)

Polish

rower (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Portuguese

bicicleta (bicycle, cycle, push-bicycle). (various references)

Romanian

bicicletã (bicycle, cycle, machine, push bicycle, racer, roadster, wheel). (various references)

Russian 

велосипед (bicycle, bycicle, cycle, machine, pushbicycle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

bicikl (bicycle, pushbicycle, velocipede), bajk. (various references)

Spanish

bicicleta (bicycle, cycle, machine, push-bike). (various references)

Sranan

baysigri (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Swahili

baisikeli (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Swedish

cykel (bicycle, cycle, roadster). (various references)

Tagalog

bisikleta (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Turkish

bisiklete binmek (bicycle, cycle, pedal, ride a bicyele, ride on a bicyele), bisiklet (bicycle, cycle, push bicycle, push-bike, roadster, Velocipede, wheel), bísíklet (bicycle, cycle), motosiklete binmek, motosiklet (cycle, moped, motor scooter, motorbike, motorcycle). (various references)

Ukrainian

рій (cluster, nest), натовп (confluence, conflux, crowd, drove, flock, huddle, mob, multitude, press, rabble, throng), бджолине гніздо. (various references)

Welsh

beisicl (bicycle, cycle), beic (bicycle). (various references)

Zulu

ilibhayisikili (bicycle, cycle), ibhayisikili (bicycle, cycle). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "bike": biked, biker, bikers, bikes, bikeway, bikeways. (additional references)

Words ending with "bike": minibike, motorbike. (additional references)

Words containing "bike": minibiker, minibikers, minibikes, motorbiked, motorbikes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bike" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abiko, Aike, baka, Baki, bakka, Bakke, Bakow, Bcie, Becej, Beekay, Beeko, beke, beken, beki, bekke, Bekki, bekko, Bhikku, bhiku, biae, biake, bibe, bic, Bica, Bicec, bicen, bicey, biche, bick, bicka, bickel, bickie, Bico, bict, bie, bife, bije, bik, bika, bikel, biket, bikkie, bikky, Biky, bilke, Bilkey, bilko, bime, Bimec, Binka, Bioko, bipe, biqe, Birke, Birket, biske, bitki, bive, bki, Bkirki, boek, boice, Boiko, boka, Bokek, bokey, boki, brika, buik, buka, Bukayi, buke, buko, butke, Byk, byke, Byme, gike, ibek, Ibekwe, iboe, ibuki, ike, ikke, Kibee, Ubik. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: kibe.

-2 letters: be, bi.

+1 letter: biked, biker, bikes, bikie, kibbe, kibei, kibes.

+2 letters: bekiss, belike, beylik, bicker, bikers, bikies, bilked, bilker, birkie, bookie, kebbie, kibbeh, kibbes, kibble, kibeis.

+3 letters: balkier, barkier, batlike, beakier, beatnik, becking, bedlike, bedtick, beelike, bethink, beyliks, biblike, bickers, bikeway, bilkers, birkies, blinked, blinker, bookies, boskier, bowlike, boxlike, brakier, bricked, brickle, brisked, brisker, brisket, brookie, budlike, bulkier, burkite, dieback, hoblike, ikebana, kebbies, kerbing, kibbehs, kibbled, kibbles, likable, limbeck, niblike, obelisk, reitbok, riblike, sickbed, skiable, tieback, tublike, weblike.