Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tricycle.
- noun A three-wheeled motorcycle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A contraction of tricycle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tricycle . - noun A
triceratops . - verb to
tricycle ; to travel by tricycle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
Etymologies
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Examples
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Look at the picks, the quads are half buried, no way a trike is going to go far.
Ice-Out by Ice Road: Fishing Backcountry Manitoba by ATV 2009
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Look at the picks, the quads are half buried, no way a trike is going to go far.
Ice-Out by Ice Road: Fishing Backcountry Manitoba by ATV 2009
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Use of trichloroethylene TCE - often known as 'trike' - was strictly curtailed across the European Union after 2001, following the discovery that it could cause cancer.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Stephen Adams 2011
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Rather, their preferred mode of transportation is a 'trike' - a reconfigured motorcycle with three wheels.
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Where access by car is not possible, or locations are off the beaten track, Google uses its custom made 'trike' - a three wheeled bike mounted with a camera, to take the images.
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Admittedly all I can see of the trike is the red blur, but it's too big to be the bin, so the trike it is.
Declutter ailbhe 2008
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"I guess I just took to cycling, but it does surprise me how much I love it," says Mr. Zander, who plans to buy a so-called trike bike (which allows the rider to sit in a chair-like seat while pedaling) when he gets too old to sit on an upright bicycle.
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We went to Waitrose after that, and on the way home found that the lights on the trike are a bit dodgy.
Summation ai731 2006
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The trike was a definite hit to his manly manliness for me.
Jihad Monitor 2010
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Powered by a 103 cubic inch twin cam engine which delivers 101 lb/ft of torque at 3,500 RPM, the trike is a touring bike for those wanting extra stability.
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