Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A tricycle.
  • noun A three-wheeled motorcycle.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A contraction of tricycle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A tricycle.
  • noun A triceratops.
  • verb to tricycle; to travel by tricycle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals

Etymologies

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Shortening of tricycle.

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Examples

  • Look at the picks, the quads are half buried, no way a trike is going to go far.

    Ice-Out by Ice Road: Fishing Backcountry Manitoba by ATV 2009

  • Look at the picks, the quads are half buried, no way a trike is going to go far.

    Ice-Out by Ice Road: Fishing Backcountry Manitoba by ATV 2009

  • Use of trichloroethylene TCE - often known as 'trike' - was strictly curtailed across the European Union after 2001, following the discovery that it could cause cancer.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Stephen Adams 2011

  • Rather, their preferred mode of transportation is a 'trike' - a reconfigured motorcycle with three wheels.

    Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune 2009

  • Where access by car is not possible, or locations are off the beaten track, Google uses its custom made 'trike' - a three wheeled bike mounted with a camera, to take the images.

    TechCentral.ie - Answers + Analysis + Advice 2009

  • Admittedly all I can see of the trike is the red blur, but it's too big to be the bin, so the trike it is.

    Declutter ailbhe 2008

  • "I guess I just took to cycling, but it does surprise me how much I love it," says Mr. Zander, who plans to buy a so-called trike bike (which allows the rider to sit in a chair-like seat while pedaling) when he gets too old to sit on an upright bicycle.

    Profiles in Retirement 2008

  • We went to Waitrose after that, and on the way home found that the lights on the trike are a bit dodgy.

    Summation ai731 2006

  • The trike was a definite hit to his manly manliness for me.

    Jihad Monitor 2010

  • Powered by a 103 cubic inch twin cam engine which delivers 101 lb/ft of torque at 3,500 RPM, the trike is a touring bike for those wanting extra stability.

    AMEinfo.com Latest News 2010

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