Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- + cycle.

• IPA: /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/
• (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA: /ˈbʌɪsɪkəl/

bicycle (plural bicycles)

1. 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.

   Synonyms: bike, pushbike, velocipede, Thesaurus:bicycle

   Hypernyms: cycle

2. A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
3. The best possible hand in lowball.
4. (British, AU, NZ) A motorbike.
5. (vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
6. (climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
7. (poker slang) The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball (poker) or High-low split poker.

• French: vélo, bicyclette, vélocipède (dated)
• German: Fahrrad, Velo (Switzerland), Drahtesel (colloquial), Veloziped (dated)
• Italian: bicicletta, bici (informal)
• Portuguese: bicicleta, baique (informally)
• Russian: велосипе́д
• Spanish: bicicleta, bici (informal)

bicycle (bicycles, present participle bicycling; simple past and past participle bicycled)

1. (ambitransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
   • 1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC ↗:

     “At least it cannot be your health," said he, as his keen eyes darted over her; "so ardent a bicyclist must be full of energy.” […] “Yes, I bicycle a good deal, Mr. Holmes, and that has something to do with my visit to you to-day.”

2. (television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
   • 2002, Roger Phillips Smith, The Other Face of Public Television, page 56:

     “Bicycling” defeated the possibility of topicality, a prime production habit of the network-trained production executives staffing the new entity.

   • 2014, Horace Newcomb, Encyclopedia of Television, page 177:

     In turn, two-inch tapes of these could be “bicycled” from one place to another across the country, thereby altering and improving production economies.

• French: faire du vélo, faire de la bicyclette, rouler à vélo, pédaler
• German: Rad fahren, (colloquial) radeln