fixed-gear

[ fikst-geer ]

/ ˈfɪkstˈgɪər /

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noun

Also called fixed-gear bicycle; Informal, fixie . a bicycle having a single-gear system and lacking a freewheel mechanism, so that the wheels only move when the pedals move.

such a gear system: The bike has a fixed gear.

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How to use fixed-gear in a sentence

And so, he says he left prison without proper ID, just his release papers and the “dress-out gear” he was given by the state.
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One Air Force official said that with enough time and more money, the EOTS could be fixed.
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People on fixed incomes and government pensions are the first to feel the pain.
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We, on the other hand, on the police side, will naturally gear up to deal with any potential contingency that might occur.
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The best thing about winter is seeing all the cute kids bundled up in their cold-weather gear.
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As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerless—unable to do anything but wait.
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Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
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The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
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She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.
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The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
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