trike

[ trahyk ]

/ traɪk /

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noun Informal.

tricycle.

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Origin of trike

By shortening and alteration; see bike¹

Words nearby trike

trihydroxy, triiodomethane, triiodothyronine, trijet, trijugate, trike, Trikora, Trilafon, trilateral, trilateralism, trilateration

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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 Parrish
I 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 Wolf
Lately it grew harder and harder to drive, to keep the trike car on the narrow strip of pavement.
The Statue|Mari Wolf
Miss 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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