trike
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹaɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪk
Etymology 1
Shortening of tricycle, modelled on bike.
Noun
trike (plural trikes)
- A tricycle, typically that of a child.
- A three-wheeled motorbike.
- 2002, Sports 'n Spokes, volumes 28-29, page 36:
- As a trike, his motorbike gave him more stability at the price of some speed.
- A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger.
See also
Verb
trike (third-person singular simple present trikes, present participle triking, simple past and past participle triked)
- To tricycle; to travel by tricycle.
Etymology 2
Shortening of triceratops.
Noun
trike (plural trikes)
- (informal) A triceratops.
- 1992, David Koepp, Jurassic Park:
- Ellie: Oh, you know, if it's alright, I'd like to stay with Dr. Harding and finish with the trike. Is that okay?
Coordinate terms
- compy (“Compsognathus”)