bike-whack v. to ride a bicycle on rough terrain without paths. Also as noun. Etymological Note: From bike + bushwack. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
bike-whack v. to ride a bicycle on rough terrain without paths. Also as noun. Etymological Note: From bike + bushwack. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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