handlebar
pronunciation
How to pronounce handlebar in British English:
UK [ˈhændlbɑ:(r)]
How to pronounce handlebar in American English:
US [ˈhændlbɑːr]
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- Noun:
- the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle
Word Origin
- handlebar (n.)
- also handle-bar, 1867 in reference to bicycles, from handle (n.) + bar (n.1). Handlebar mustache is from 1932, American English, from similarity of shape; the comparison, if not the phrase, dates to at least 1911.
Example
- 1. Beneath his huge handlebar , the colonel 's teeth flashed a malevolent grin .
- 2. One such thing is replacing the handlebar stem .
- 3. I kept my light on the handlebar .
- 4. Planet bike comfort gel road bike handlebar ......
- 5. I freed my hands from the handlebar , my bike flied on the blacktop like wind , the aroma of canola fields rushed into my nose , I looked my right side , the lake and the sky were in same color-to ...... continue reading