variants
also push bicycle
as in bicycle
a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars
the vicar riding his sturdy push-bike used to be a common sight around the village
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Noun
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My brain has always felt like a Ferrari with bicycle brakes — powerful, but hard to control.—
Paris Hilton,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025 -
An e-bike is a bicycle with a motor that assists the rider to move faster while pedaling, and depending on which class of bike, with a throttle.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Foundational research from the 1980s and 1990s based on the 23-day Tour de France bike race set that limit at four to five times a person’s basal metabolic rate (BMR), defined as the energy required to maintain the body at rest.—
Jason Dinh,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2025
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Sour gummy worms, Kerry’s company on her bike, and the promise of a rest day revived me enough to finish the climb.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Push-bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push-bike. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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