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BMX

  • /biː ɛm ˈɛks/

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Initialism of bicycle motocross.

noun BMXs · BMXes

  1. uncountable Bicycle motocross, a form of cycling on BMX bikes, originating in California in the 1970s. “When I was in Switzerland going through rehab, literally, I was like, ‘What’s the point? I’m going through so much pain right now and BMX has given me a lot of grief,’” said Sakakibara.
  2. countable A BMX bike. In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet.

verb BMXs · BMXes · BMXing · BMXed

  1. intransitive To ride a BMX bike. I BMXed from 1978 (my first race) till not too long ago. Although I don't see too many freestylers in the net, I get in touch with quite a few ex-BMXers like myself on rec.bicycles.off-road (I'm cross-posting to it).

adjective more BMX · most BMX

  1. Relating to bicycle motocross.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: off-road, venue, atv, bicycle motocross, bike motocross, moto, motorcross, motocross, moto-x, mountain bike, motorbicycle, mxgp, mountain bicycle, mono, mtber, motor-cycles

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noun type of bicycle

FrançaisBMX, bicross, vélocross

noun sport

FrançaisBMX, bicross, vélocross

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@misc{bmx_2026,
  title = {BMX},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bmx},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}