bicycle
Meaning
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- A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
- A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
- The best possible hand in lowball.
- A motorbike.
- (slang) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
- A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
- (slang) The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
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Hyphenated as
bi‧cy‧cle
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/
Etymology
Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“bi-”) + cycle (“cycle”). First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847. (promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders.
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