three-wheeler

[three-whee-ler, -wee-]

noun

1. a vehicle equipped with three wheels, as a tricycle, a motorcycle with a sidecar, or some small, experimental, or early-model cars.

three-wheeler

noun

1. a light car that has three wheels

Word History and Origins

Origin of three-wheeler¹

1885–90; three wheel(s) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A truck carrying Hatton's yellow three-wheeler car was at the head of the funeral procession, with the name "Ricky" spelt out in flowers.

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The England cricketer-turned-TV presenter sustained serious facial and rib injuries when the three-wheeler car he was driving for the BBC motoring programme rolled over in 2022.

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It is as Cockney as a Pearly Queen in a three-wheeler Del Boy van.

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The aerodynamic design and light fiberglass body — only 900 pounds — also gave the three-wheeler less than half the drag of conventional cars at the time, according to car news site Autoevolution.com.

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Still, Ghate thinks that India’s swift move to smaller electric vehicles can serve as a template for other emerging economies that are two- and three-wheeler nations, like Indonesia, the Philippines and some African countries.

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