cycle

Meaning

Noun

1. An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
2. A complete rotation of anything.
3. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
4. The members of the sequence formed by such a process.
5. In musical set theory, an interval cycle is the set of pitch classes resulting from repeatedly applying the same interval class to the starting pitch class.
6. A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
7. A programme on a washing machine, dishwasher, or other such device.
8. A pedal-powered vehicle, such as a unicycle, bicycle, or tricycle, or a motorized vehicle that has either two or three wheels.
9. A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
10. A closed walk or path, with or without repeated vertices allowed.
11. A chain whose boundary is zero.
12. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
13. An age; a long period of time.
14. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
15. One entire round in a circle or a spire.
16. A discharge of a taser.
17. One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
18. A scheduled period of time of weeks or months wherein a performance-enhancing substance or, by extension, supplement is applied, to be followed by another one where it is not or the dosage is lower.

Verb

1. To ride a bicycle or other cycle.
2. To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.
3. To turn power off and back on
4. To maintain a team's possession of the puck in the offensive zone by handling and passing the puck in a loop from the boards near the goal up the side boards and passing to back to the boards near the goal

Synonyms

bicycle

🚲

bike

🚲

period

round

rotation

loop

➿

circle

⭕

circulation

wheel

🛞

series

turn

revolution

circulate

velocipede

motorcycle

🏍️

rotate

rhythm

circuit

frequency

recycle

♻️

motorbike

term

cycle per second

walk

🚶

wave

👋

orbit

oscillation

cps

Hz

push-bike

hertz

duration

pedal

potpourri

programme

pronate

reclaim

reiteration

repeat

🔁

repetition

revolve

ring

💍

rotary

roundel

screw

sequence

short-circuit

show

skirt

span

spell

sphere

spiral

splay

spread out

take in

tempo

skate over

turn out

twine

twist

wheeler

C

C

ride a bicycle

ride a bike

push-bicycle

revolution of time

cycles/second

time constant

job order cost accounting

CY

cyclic path

cyclus

job cost accounting

pedal cycle

alternate

pushbike

ambulate

anniversary

around

association

bout

c

c

circumnavigate

circumvent

circumvolve

course

cyclic

distort

epicycle

episode

era

faction

go around

group

innings

installment

instalment

interval

iteration

itinerate

medley

move around

orb

pan

pass

passage

periodicity

pivot

Hyphenated as

cyc‧le

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.kəl/

Etymology

From Middle English cicle (“fixed length period of years”), from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), from Proto-Hellenic *kúklos, *kʷókʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”).
Doublet of cyclus and wheel (see there for more).