Definitions

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  • adjective Without spokes (parts of a wheel).

Etymologies

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spoke +‎ -less

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Examples

  • On a deck overlooking the Hudson was a $55,000 "Tron" inspired hog with spokeless wheels and LED tape that glowed.

    The Electric Evolution of the Motorcycle Jen Wieczner 2011

  • Halfway in between, for example, is this spokeless wheel bike:

    100 things that we wish were real 2009

  • Snob, can you tell me were you get those sweet spokeless wheels with run-flat technology?

    Matters Great and Small: Flitting Around Various Items of Note BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • It was a spokeless bicycle rim nailed to a scrap of plywood.

    A Young Angler Deals with his Dad on the River 2005

  • Five or six Aztecs were cultivating this apparently sterile ground by means of a primitive kind of plough, made of a mere stake attached to circular discs of wood forming spokeless wheels; it was drawn by two oxen yoked together.

    Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863

  • Google makes it easier to fully turn off Buzz and delete your profile Air Video: stream your video collection to your iPhone, even over 3G Yale students build spokeless bicycle in one semester, now looking for jobs Vodafone 150 lays claim to 'world's cheapest phone' title, ST-Ericsson works on thrifty 3G

    Joystiq Griffin McElroy 2010

  • Check out the mechanical engineering class at Yale who have come together in just a single semester, constructing a bicycle that has a spokeless back wheel.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2010

  • As you've probably noticed, only the back wheel is spokeless.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2010

  • Google makes it easier to fully turn off Buzz and delete your profile Air Video: stream your video collection to your iPhone, even over 3G Yale students build spokeless bicycle in one semester, now looking for jobs Vodafone 150 lays claim to 'world's cheapest phone' title, ST-Ericsson works on thrifty 3G

    Joystiq [Xbox] Griffin McElroy 2010

  • Google makes it easier to fully turn off Buzz and delete your profile Air Video: stream your video collection to your iPhone, even over 3G Yale students build spokeless bicycle in one semester, now looking for jobs Vodafone 150 lays claim to 'world's cheapest phone' title, ST-Ericsson works on thrifty 3G

    Joystiq Griffin McElroy 2010

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