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BMX

/biː ɛm ˈɛks/

BMX noun: bicycle motocross, a form of cycling on BMX bikes, originating in California in the 1970s.

Noun

BMX (countable and uncountable, plural BMXs or 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.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, archived from the original on...
  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.2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025

Verb

BMX (third-person singular simple present BMXs or BMXes, present participle BMXing, simple past and past participle 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).1995 February 21, Joao de Souza, “Re: B.M.X... Flatlanders and Freestylers”, in rec.bicycles.misc (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.1997 June 17, KrUtCh [username], “Re: Skate-boarders...losers?”, in alt.skate-board (Usenet)

Forms of BMX

Noun
pluralBMXs
pluralBMXes
Verb
third-person singular presentBMXs
third-person singular presentBMXes
present participleBMXing
past participleBMXed
pastBMXed

Origin of BMX

Initialism of bicycle motocross.

Words formed from BMX

Phrases with BMX

Questions about BMX

What does BMX mean?
BMX means bicycle motocross, a form of cycling on BMX bikes, originating in California in the 1970s.
What part of speech is BMX?
BMX can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce BMX?
BMX is pronounced /biː ɛm ˈɛks/.
What is the plural of BMX?
The plural of BMX is BMXs.

Words near BMX in the dictionary

  1. BMW
  2. BMWed
  3. BMWing
  4. BMWs
  5. BMWW
  6. BMX
  7. BMX bike
  8. BMX bikes
  9. BMXed
  10. BMXer
  11. BMXers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BMX (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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