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trike
[ trahyk ]
/ traɪk /
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noun Informal.
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Origin of trike
By shortening and alteration; see bike1
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How to use trike in a sentence
And why should those border desperadoes have followed, through sixty miles of desolation, to trike him down?
Keith of the Border|Randall ParrishI tiptoed downstairs and out the front door to where the trike car was parked, and started for the village a mile to the west.
The Statue|Mari WolfLately it grew harder and harder to drive, to keep the trike car on the narrow strip of pavement.
The Statue|Mari WolfMiss Bibby went round at once to the other door and demanded “Trike,” though Kate strongly advised against it.
In the Mist of the Mountains|Ethel Turner
British Dictionary definitions for trike
trike
/ (traɪk) /
noun
short for tricycle
short for trichloroethylene
a microlight aircraft with three fixed wheels for landing and take-off
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