cycling

/ˈsaɪk(ə)lɪŋ/

/ˈsaɪklɪŋ/

When you ride a bicycle, you are cycling. Sometimes, though less often, it also is used to refer to motorcycle riding.

The roots of the word cycling are ancient. Both Latin and Greek have similar words that mean "circle, wheel." It's only natural, then, that a two-wheeled vehicle should be a bicycle and that cycling involves riding that vehicle. Occasionally, it can be used as a verb describing something going through a cycle, like a dishwasher cycling through.

Definitions of cycling

1. noun

   the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle
   types:

   bicycling

   riding a bicycle

   motorcycling

   riding a motorcycle

   dune cycling

   bicycling or motorcycling on sand dunes

   type of:

   athletics, sport

   an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition