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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of alley cat.
- n. An informal bicycle race with checkpoints.
Examples
“In a sense, messengers have a lot in common with lumberjacks, since in both cases their livelihoods have become the basis for competitions, and one might go so far as to say that the alleycat is the "lumberjack competition" of the cycling world.”
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“While watching this video, I contemplated the "alleycat" phenomenon.”
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“Of course, it's through this sort of tribulation that one becomes wise oneself, and while the Nü-Freds are no less dorky for their travels they're certainly a bit more worldly, so their bike messenger friend who's been living in Osaka Japan is apparently importing its lifestyle messengers now throws them an "alleycat," which is the fixed-gear equivalent of getting a Bar-Mitzvah:”
“A checkpoint-to-checkpoint alleycat race through Seattle that promises cyclists “the opportunity to ingest various prime-themed goodies, including, but not limited to prime rib, pasta primavera, and with any luck, some delicious primordial soup” mid-route.”
“THE wildest alleycat fight since Finnegan needled the beer is about to take place in the American automobile world for 1960.”
“He insisted on being an alleycat to the end, got into a fight last night with another cat, and when he went to the vets today they found out he was very sick.”
“Meanwhile, in the world of "outlaw urban" cycling, it seems that the humble alleycat is dead and the new trend is simply piggybacking onto other sports.”
“Speaking of rounding tight corners, the Daily News reports that some messengers attempted to promote cycling in Queens this past weekend by holding an alleycat called "BLVDS of DEATH:”
“My deaf uncle was a 4-star genital in the great BLVD DETH alleycat race.”
“No Operation: Loverboy alleycat race for us today -- not with the appointed hour showing "feels like 9 degrees" and winds 25-35 MPH.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘alleycat’.
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Bike Snob'isms
words I saw while reading the Bike Snob
helment, scranus, podium, sangue borse, hipster, dandydom, effete, douchebag, douchebags, Lobweh, Portland, brakeless track bike and 318 more...
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cats
alleycat, baudrons, bobcat, caracal, catamount, catamountain, cathood, catlike, cattish, cattishly, cheetah, chetah and 118 more...
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You animal!
Names of animals that are also used to describe kinds of people. Nouns only, preferably single word.
For a related list, see sionnach's beastly verbs.rabbit, shark, hog, pussycat, bear, bull, skunk, hawk, wildcat, buck, slug, heifer and 112 more...
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cycling terms
peleton, drafting, eschelon, bonk, battaglin, road rash, Tour de France, attack, blocking, breakaway, derailleur, drop and 51 more...
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lester
sargasso, monolithic, idioms, nascent, sonances, arrhythmic, pap, dilettantish, fuzztone, effete, morass, waxed and 92 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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Foxtrot's list
afternoon delight, almost unreal, full of spark, dazzle n daze, alarming stride, rushing tide, double dagger, in the nude, constant pressure, widow maker, bourbon on the rocks, air fare holme and 311 more...
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Cycling terminology
List of technical terms commonly used by cyclists but often not found in regular dictionaries.
groupset, chainstay, keirin, wheelset, derny, alleycat, bidon, sag wagon, crankset, chainring, crit, criterium and 19 more...
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alexz an alleycat is a bike race on open city streets
Feb 12, 2013