variants
also push bicycle
as in bike
a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars
the vicar riding his sturdy push-bike used to be a common sight around the village
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Noun
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Nicole Crosby, a deputy city attorney who lives in Clairemont, said bike lanes don’t make a lot of sense in communities like Clairemont where hills and canyons are a major challenge.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026 -
Motor officer Zach Varela said the safest route to school for students on e-bikes is the one where a parent is riding alongside them.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
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All of that work will impact access to the LYNX Blue Line light rail and the 11-mile pedestrian and bicycle path that runs along it, including temporary shutdowns.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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By the second half of the twentieth century, media depictions of bicycles often showed them as something exclusively for children, or for odd, childish adults.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Push-bike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push-bike. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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