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cycling

cycling

64 1.6
Riding a bicycle for sport, exercise or to travel
  • noun
  • /ˈsaɪklɪŋ/
translation icon : ciclismo
  • Had a passion for cycling.
  • walking and cycling
  • jogging and cycling
  • swimming and cycling

You know, it's mostly just cycling and resistance training.

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Examples

  • I just knew that I love cycling and it was going to take suffering.

  • Ah, the start of the cycling season.

  • The food is great, the people are great, the cycling is amazing.

  • You know, it's mostly just cycling and resistance training.

  • Cycling is very good for the development of the leg muscles.

  • If I had listened to you, I never would have taken that cycling trip with the Bloom sisters.

  • And that's just the whole joy of cycling all the cities, all the people.

  • The testing protocol consisted of cycling on a Monarch bicycle for a total of six minutes.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Camping, fishing, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, cycling, caving.

Synonyms

bicycling
vscycling
13 1.3

Riding a bicycle for travel, exercise, or fun

includes both pedal and engine two-wheeler riding rather than only pedal riding
spinning
vscycling
5 3.3

A class where people ride stationary bikes with an instructor

includes outdoor and engine-powered riding as well as indoor stationary sessions
motorcycling
vscycling
1 3.1

Riding a motorcycle for travel, fun, or sport

includes both pedal and engine two-wheeler riding rather than only engine riding

Compounds

Riding a bicycle or motorcycle on sand dunes

How Vigorous

bike race
5 1.7
cycling
64 1.6
commuting
1 2.3

Surface Forms

cycling singular
cyclings plural

Morphology

cycling = cycle (transparent) = cycle + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'cycle' (cycle + -ing) yielding the activity; meaning is directly derived and obvious to learners.

Etymology

Cycling comes from cycle, which comes from the old Greek kyklos meaning 'circle' or 'wheel'. That's why cycling is the activity of moving on wheels, as when you ride a bicycle.