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Definition of Cycling

1. Noun. The sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle.

Definition of Cycling

1. n. The act, art, or practice, of riding a cycle, esp. a bicycle or tricycle.

Definition of Cycling

1. Verb. (present participle of cycle) ¹

2. Noun. The sport of riding and racing bicycles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cycling

1. the act of riding a bicycle [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cycling

Literary usage of Cycling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sport: Attempt at a Bibliography of Books and Periodicals Published During ...by C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1914)
"Art of ease in cycling, being a (realise on ankle action and position, ... The pocket guide lo cycling: a hook of practical hints for ..."

2. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"cycling Tours. The cyclist goes to Switzerland for the scenery and for nothing else, and the distinctive part of Swiss scenery lies in its mountains; ..."

3. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"cycling AND CYCLISTS. THE Bicycle has been in existence ten or at the most twelve years. The Tricycle in its present form was invented about four years ago. ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1890)
"cycling," by Viscount Bury and G. Lacy Hillier (Badminton Library), is designed not only to interest the general reader, but to form a useful handbook for ..."

5. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"cycling and Motoring Notes. cycling is very prevalent in the Rhenish districts ... Dangerous places are generally marked on the cycling maps mentioned at p. ..."

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