trike

[ trahyk ]

noun

, Informal.

1. tricycle.

trike

/ traɪk /

noun

1. short for tricycle
2. short for trichloroethylene
3. a microlight aircraft with three fixed wheels for landing and take-off

Word History and Origins

Origin of trike¹

By shortening and alteration; bike ¹

Example Sentences

And why should those border desperadoes have followed, through sixty miles of desolation, to trike him down?

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I tiptoed downstairs and out the front door to where the trike car was parked, and started for the village a mile to the west.

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Lately it grew harder and harder to drive, to keep the trike car on the narrow strip of pavement.

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Miss Bibby went round at once to the other door and demanded “Trike,” though Kate strongly advised against it.

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