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

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.

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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.

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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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