bicycle

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• a slut; a promiscuous woman

Verb

• To travel or exercise using a bicycle.

Origin

• Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- + cycle. First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847.
• 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.