BMX

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BMX (countable and uncountable, plural BMXs or BMXes)

(uncountable, cycling) Bicycle motocross, a form of cycling on BMX bikes, originating in California in the 1970s.
- 2024 July 9, Martynas Ruseckas, “After her brother suffered a brain injury in a bike crash, this Olympic BMX rider has a new perspective on what success means”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  “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.
(countable, cycling) A BMX bike.
- 2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:
  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.

BMX (third-person singular simple present BMXs or BMXes, present participle BMXing, simple past and past participle BMXed)

(intransitive, cycling) To ride a BMX bike.
- 1995 February 21, Joao de Souza, “Re: B.M.X... Flatlanders and Freestylers”, in rec.bicycles.misc‎^[3] (Usenet):
  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).
- 1997 June 17, KrUtCh [username], “Re: Skate-boarders...losers?”, in alt.skate-board‎^[4] (Usenet):
  Yeah, flippity trick things are fun. I've got a friend who has BMXed for 15-16 years! He rules, and he used to be sponsored.