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trike

[ trahyk ]

noun

, Informal.


trike

/ traɪk /

noun

  1. short for tricycle
  2. a microlight aircraft with three fixed wheels for landing and take-off
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trike1

By shortening and alteration; bike 1
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Example Sentences

As well as standard racing bikes with modifications where required and tandems, the Para-cycling road programme also features handcycling and trike races.

From BBC

But, don’t worry, the company also rents recumbent trikes, pedal boats and kayaks.

Eight days on, back in Khan Younis, there was another trike - on Gamal Abdel Nasser Street.

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In one corner, three kids jumped off their trikes and squatted to watch a cartoon on a cell phone.

On that occasion he ran out of runway while driving a three-wheeled motorised trike at Elvington Airfield near York - he walked away unharmed from that incident.

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