BMX

See also: bmx

English

Initialism of bicycle motocross.

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], archived from the original on 12 July 2024:
  “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], archived from the original on 23 January 2025:
  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.

sport

type of bicycle

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.