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u·ni·cy·cle
/
ˈyu
nəˌsaɪ
kəl
/
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[
yoo
-n
uh
-sahy-k
uh
l
]
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noun,
verb,
u·ni·cy·cled,
u·ni·cy·cling.
noun
1.
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)
2.
to ride a unicycle.
Origin:
1865–70,
Americanism;
uni-
+
cycle
Related forms
u·ni·cy·clist,
noun
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unicycle
(ˈjuːnɪˌsaɪk
ə
l)
—
n
Also called:
monocycle
a one-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals, esp one used in a circus, etc
[from
uni-
+
cycle
, on the model of
tricycle
]
'unicyclist
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
unicycle
1869, Amer.Eng., from L. uni- "one" (see
uni-
) + -cycle, from
bicycle
(from Gk. kyklos "circle, wheel").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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In warmer months, he likes to ride a
unicycle
on mountain trails.
Another crow wheeled around at one point on a
unicycle
.
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into a shrimp fork, or a solar-powered scooter.
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unicycle
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