Biked

/baɪkt/ verb

Definition

Past tense of bike; traveled or rode on a bicycle, or used a motorcycle for transportation.

Etymology

From bike, which is a shortened form of bicycle (from Greek bi-, two, and Latin cyclus, wheel), with the past tense formed by adding -ed.

Kelly Says

The word 'bike' was born as casual slang shortening 'bicycle,' and it became so universal that it's now the primary word people use—showing how everyday language defeats formal alternatives!

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