Bicycling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of riding a bicycle. countable, uncountable
"In the 1890’s “women were behind the stove,” he relates. But they cycled, too. “And they had difficulty pedalling bicycles with ankle-length skirts. “At the time,” Taylor said, “the most sinful thing a woman could do was to show light between her legs. “The original culotte was designed by a LAW member’s wife. The churches (in the East) termed this bepantsed female activity of biking “sinful bicycling,” he noted."
- 2 riding a bicycle wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bicycle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Yesterday I met two Americans who are bicycling through Japan."
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