cycling
The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)
Noun 3 meanings
The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)
The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.
“In all my years as a cycling fan, I've never seen a breakaway like this.”
Any cyclic action or process.
“The cycling of the water softener in the basement was faintly audible from the kitchen.”
Adjective 1 meaning
That undergoes a cyclic motion or process.
Etymology
By surface analysis, cycle + -ing.
Similar and opposite words
CYCLING at a glance
CYCLING has 7 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + Y 4 + C 3 + L 1 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,943 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cycling
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- CYCLINS14
- CYMLING15
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