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cycling

  • noun
  • cy·cling
  • /ˈsaɪk(ə)lɪŋ/

The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)

Other meanings

  1. The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

    “In all my years as a cycling fan, I've never seen a breakaway like this.”

  2. Any cyclic action or process.

    “The cycling of the water softener in the basement was faintly audible from the kitchen.”

Related words

  • anticycling
  • autocycling
  • microcycling
  • noncycling
  • overcycling
  • paracycling
  • subcycling
  • thermocycling
  • cycling shorts
  • gravel cycling
  • road cycling
  • track cycling

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cycling” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.