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bicycling

bicycling

13 1.3
Riding a bicycle for travel, exercise, or fun
  • noun
  • /ˈbaɪsɪklɪŋ/
translation icon : ciclismo
  • Nineteenth-century physicians joined the debate, offering conflicting advice that bicycling either improved or threatened women's reproductive health.
  • bicycling costumes
  • bicycling phenomenon
  • bicycling risks

But now this, this whole bigger part of it, which is to help people heal by riding a bicycle.

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Examples

  • In addition, they support the notion that bicycling also caused dress styles to change.

    Academic text (2012)
  • According to her sisters, such food was not good for bicycling, which required lots of complex carbohydrates.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Some of my patients prefer walking... ...some prefer bicycling.

  • This is my outfit for bicycling in venice.

  • Part of the appeal of bicycling was that it equalized its participants.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Item 22: Take part in recreational physical activities, such as swimming, dancing, and bicycling.

    Academic text (2013)
  • In 2009, approximately 14.7 million American youth (6 to 17 years old) participated in bicycling (Outdoor Foundation, 2010).

    Academic text (2012)
  • In his leisure time, Bill enjoys the outdoors through bicycling, boating, hiking, hunting, and other sports, and traveling.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In the United States, bicycling tested time-honored social conventions, challenged gender roles, and sparked controversies.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Many people enjoy bicycling as a fun and healthy way to explore the countryside.

Synonyms

cycling
vsbicycling
64 1.6

Riding a bicycle for sport, exercise or to travel

is limited to riding bicycles only, not motorcycles

How Vigorous

bike race
5 1.7
bicycling
13 1.3

Surface Forms

bicycling singular
bicyclings plural

Morphology

bicycling = bicycle (transparent) = bicycle + ing

The noun is a regular gerund form built directly from the verb 'bicycle' with '-ing'.

Etymology

Bicycling comes from the parts bi- ('two') and cycle ('wheel' or 'circle'), so imagine 'two wheels' working together. So bicycling is the activity of riding a two-wheeled bicycle.