unicycle
[ yoo-nuh-sahy-kuhl ]
/ ˈyu nəˌsaɪ kəl /
noun
a vehicle with one wheel, especially a pedal-driven device kept upright and steered by body balance, commonly used by acrobats and other performers.
verb (used without object), u·ni·cy·cled, u·ni·cy·cling.
to ride a unicycle.
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OTHER WORDS FROM unicycle
u·ni·cy·clist, nounWords nearby unicycle
unicornous, unicorn plant, unicorn uterus, unicostate, unicuspid, unicycle, unidentified, unidimensional, unidirectional, UNIDO, uniface
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Example sentences from the Web for unicycle
And I guarantee that neither candidate is going to rip up your commuter route and replace it with a unicycle track.
Lenny sat behind the far desk, watching his brother come up the primrose path in a unicycle.
The Foreign Hand Tie|Gordon Randall GarrettM. Scuri is also known as the inventor of a unicycle and a quadruple cornet.
Unicycle, ū-ni-sī′kl, n. an acrobat's cycle having but one wheel.
British Dictionary definitions for unicycle
unicycle
/ (ˈjuːnɪˌsaɪkəl) /
noun
a one-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals, esp one used in a circus, etcAlso called: monocycle
Derived forms of unicycle
unicyclist, nounWord Origin for unicycle
from uni- + cycle, on the model of tricycle
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