trike

noun

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Each trike benefits from a hydraulic brake at each wheel, with 180-mm rotors, and the rear lighting setup includes a braking tail-light plus turn signaling. New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025 Officers were also out walking and on bikes and trikes. Jennifer Edwards Baker, Fox 19 Cincinnati, 17 Oct. 2025 The resident believed Smithson attempted to take the trike. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025 Beyond the city limits, Pocahontas State Park, 20 miles south of downtown, has trails designed specifically for off-road handcycles and trikes (popular among athletes with lower-limb mobility impairments). Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trike

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trike was in 1883

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“Trike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trike. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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