bicycle kick

noun

A form of exercise in which one lies on one's back and makes cycling motions with the legs.

Similar
overhead kickscissor kick
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Meanings

nounbicycle kick (plural bicycle kicks)

plural bicycle kicks

  1. A form of exercise in which one lies on one's back and makes cycling motions with the legs.
  2. ball gamesA kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head.

    Yaya Toure sent over a hopeful cross-field pass that Warnock attempted to clear with a bicycle kick, only to calamitously set Johnson up for a low finish past Given.

    2011 October 15, David Ornstein, “Man City 4 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport

    Synonyms: overhead kick, scissor kick

verbbicycle kick (third-person singular simple present bicycle kicks, present participle bicycle kicking, simple past and past participle bicycle kicked)

present singular third person bicycle kicks · participle present bicycle kicking · participle past bicycle kicked · past bicycle kicked

  1. intransitiveTo perform a bicycle kick.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head.

Similar
overhead kickscissor kick
Also see
overhead kickscissor kick

Translations

Arabic رَكْلَة ازْدِوَاجِيَّة
  • رَكْلَة ازْدِوَاجِيَّة (rakla zdiwājiyya)soccer: kick
Catalan xilena
  • xilenasoccer: kick
Chinese Mandarin 倒掛金鈎 /倒挂金钩
  • 倒掛金鈎 /倒挂金钩 (dàoguàjīngōu)soccer: kick
Finnish saksipotku
  • saksipotkusoccer: kick
French bicyclette
  • bicyclettesoccer: kick
German Fallrückzieher
  • Fallrückziehersoccer: kick
Italian rovesciata
  • rovesciatasoccer: kick
Japanese バイシクルキック
  • バイシクルキック (baishikuru kikku)soccer: kick
Korean 바이시클 킥
  • 바이시클 킥 (baisikeul kik)soccer: kick
Norwegian Bokmål brassespark
  • brassesparksoccer: kick
Polish rowerek, przewrotka
  • rowerekexercise
  • przewrotkasoccer: kick
Portuguese bicicleta, pontapé de bicicleta
  • bicicletasoccer: kick
  • pontapé de bicicletasoccer: kick
  • chute de bicicletasoccer: kick
Spanish chilena, chilenita
  • chilenasoccer: kick
  • chilenitasoccer: kick
  • chalacasoccer: kick
Swedish cykelspark, bicykleta
  • cykelsparksoccer: kick
  • bicykletasoccer: kick
  • bicicletasoccer: kick
Turkish rövaşata
  • rövaşatasoccer: kick
Cite this entry
APA

bicycle kick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicycle%20kick

MLA

“bicycle kick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicycle%20kick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bicycle kick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicycle%20kick.

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