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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.

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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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