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How to pronounce “bicycle”

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Pronunciation guide for bicycle

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of bicycle with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Mechanical Horsewritten a fascinating cultural history of the bicycle
Definition summary: A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.

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The Mechanical Horse

written a fascinating cultural history of the bicycle

[Noun]
A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
(by extension, sometimes proscribed) Any similar vehicle powered by human pedaling or steered with a handlebar, regardless of the number of wheels.
A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
The best possible hand in lowball.
(British, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
(vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
(climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
(poker slang) The wheel: either the lowest straight (A-2-3-4-5) or the best low hand in Lowball or High-low poker.
(physical chemistry) A bicyclic molecule.
(biochemistry) Two interconnected metabolic cycles.
[Verb]
(ambitransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
(television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.