BMX

Specialty Definition: BMX

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

BMX (an abbreviation for bicycle motocross) is a form of off-road cycling on bikes with 20 inch wheels and knobbly tyres. It originated in the United States, where teenagers tried to imitate their motocross heroes on their pedal cycles. The sport features races on sandy and hilly tracks as well as performing tricks and stunts on flat ground, wooden ramps or obstacles found on the streets.

Since 1982, there have been World Championships for BMX-Racing, sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI)and 1987 saw the first Freestyle World Championships. Freestyle, or Stunt Riding, has been growing in popularity since it became part of the ESPN X-Games in 1998.

BMX racing is being added to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "BMX."

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"BMX" is a common misspelling or typo for: bam, box, boxy, bum.

Abbreviations & Acronyms: BMX

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
BMX	English	Bike Mountain Cross	Abbreviation
BMX	Italian	Mountain bike per cross(Bike Mountain Cross)	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Modern Usage: BMX

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

T.J. Lavin's Ultimate BMX (2001)

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (2001)

BMX Bandits (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BMX

Domain	Title
Books	Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Official Strategy Guide (reference) Bmx Freestyle (Maurer, Tracy, Radsports Guides.) (reference) Bmx Racing and Freestyle (Extreme Sports (Austin, Tex.).) (reference) Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ride BMX (reference) Ride Bmx Magazine (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Ride BMX Magazine Presents Industry (reference) Turbulence - Ride BMX (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech	Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX (reference) Microsoft Sidewinder Freestyle Pro with Matt Hoffman Pro BMX Software (reference) Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX (reference) Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX Maximum Remix (reference) Schwinn/GT Extreme Freestyle BMX all Ages Single 1-Doc (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: BMX

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Photo Album: BMX

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	BMX motorcross competition, in southern New Mexico, Roswell Field Office. Credit: Unknown.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: BMX

"BMX" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "BMX" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	92.31%	12	101,599
Noun (singular)	7.69%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	13	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BMX

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bmx bike	3,922	haro bmx	43
bmx xxx	1,010	bmx flatland trick how to	42
bmx trick	291	old school bmx	41
bmx cheat xxx	223	mat hoffmans pro bmx	40
bmx bicycle	127	mat hoffmans pro bmx 2	37
freestyle bmx	125	2 bmx cheat dave freestyle mirra	35
bmx trick tip	97	redline bmx bike	35
flatland bmx	80	dave mirra freestyle bmx 2	33
aba bmx	78	bmx sponsorship	32
bmx ramp	76	mongoose bmx bike	30
haro bmx bike	57	bmx cruiser	29
bmx ramp plan	56	bmx staff	27
ride bmx	53	bmx cheat dave freestyle mirra	26
bmx helmet	52	dave mirra bmx	26
gt bmx bike	51	mongoose bmx	25
bmx freestyle bike	51	bmx jump	24
gt bmx	50	bmx tos	24
redline bmx	49	mat hoffman pro bmx	22
dave mirra freestyle bmx	47	odyssey bmx	21
bmx dirt jumping	45	hutch bmx	21
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: BMX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "b-m-x"
	+2 letters: bemix, buxom.
	+3 letters: bemixt, bombax, bombyx.
	+4 letters: bemixed, bemixes, boombox, bruxism, buxomer, buxomly, coxcomb, mailbox, mixable, mixible.
	+5 letters: bemixing, bombyxes, bruxisms, buxomest, coxcombs, homeobox, jambeaux, matchbox.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.