Antonyms for cycling
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : sahy-kling |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪ klɪŋ |
Definition of cycling
Origin :- 1842, "revolve in cycles," from cycle (n.). Meaning "to ride a bicycle" is from 1883. Related: Cycled; cycling.
- As in bike : verb to bicycle
- As in drive : verb moving, controlling a vehicle
- This charging and discharging is often called "cycling" the battery.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Styópa is cycling to the station, the tutor has gone to town with papa.
- Extract from : « The Light Shines in Darkness » by Leo Tolstoy
- Every experiment that every fool has thought of in connection with cycling you have tried.
- Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome
- On Monday afternoon Harris came round; he had a cycling paper in his hand.
- Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome
- The dangers of cycling arise principally from lack of judgment.
- Extract from : « What a Young Woman Ought to Know » by Mary Wood-Allen
- The history of cycling in Germany is not unlike its history here.
- Extract from : « Home Life in Germany » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
- We are on a cycling tour and are going on further to-morrow.
- Extract from : « Tommy Tregennis » by Mary Elizabeth Phillips
- It is a picturesque journey by either, and for cycling quite delightful.
- Extract from : « Tyrol and its People » by Clive Holland
- He had, he said, a weak heart, and cycling did not agree with him.
- Extract from : « The Search Party » by G. A. Birmingham
- Suitable clothing is as necessary in cycling as in all other forms of exercise.
- Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 » by Various
Synonyms for cycling
- actuate
- advance
- bear down
- bicycle
- bike
- burn rubber
- burn up the road
- coast
- cruise
- cycle
- dash
- direct
- drag
- fire up
- floor it
- fly
- guide
- handle
- impel
- lean on it
- make sparks fly
- manage
- mobilize
- motor
- operate
- pedal
- pour it on
- propel
- push
- ride
- roll
- run
- send
- speed
- spin
- start
- steer
- step on it
- step on the gas
- tailgate
- tool
- transport
- travel
- turn
- vehiculate
- wheel
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