tricycle
a vehicle, especially one for children, having one large front wheel and two small rear wheels, propelled by foot pedals.
a velocipede with three wheels propelled by pedals or hand levers.
a three-wheeled motorcycle.
Origin of tricycle
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How to use tricycle in a sentence
She once skittered around the sales floor of the Mercury offices on a motorized tricycle, waving to team employees.
With six modes, from stroller to tricycle, parents can adjust this three-wheeler as a toddler gets older.
Tricycles are typically ridden by athletes who can use their legs but have balance issues that prevent them from using bikes.
Para-Athletes Use Some of the Most Innovative Gear We’ve Seen | agintzler | September 10, 2021 | Outside OnlineA Jewish film festival has backed out of the tricycle Theater after the venue refused to accept money from the Israeli government.
London Theater Halts Jewish Film Festival Over Israeli Government Money | Nico Hines | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn overturned tricycle lays feet away as an ominous sky lingers in the background.
On Tuesday a pink tricycle stood in front of a home turned to wreckage.
Oklahoma Tornado Devastation: What the Twister Left Behind | Michael Daly | May 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe filmmakers were shooting their moving target from an adult-size tricycle jury-rigged for the occasion.
The next feature in the programme was that a tiger should ride round the circus on a tricycle.
At that moment an errand-boy was slowly propelling a carrier tricycle along by the kerb.
Bolée's tandem tricycle was the sensation during the first stage, averaging twenty miles an hour.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) MansfieldThey went through, and he was lucky enough to locate a broken-down tricycle cab.
Police Your Planet | Lester del ReyAnyhow, he got on his tricycle, and started for a ride into the country.
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British Dictionary definitions for tricycle
/ (ˈtraɪsɪkəl) /
a three-wheeled cycle, esp one driven by pedals
a three-wheeler for invalids
(intr) to ride a tricycle
Derived forms of tricycle
- tricyclist, noun
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