tricycle
pronunciation
How to pronounce tricycle in British English:
UK [ˈtraɪsɪkl]
How to pronounce tricycle in American English:
US [ˈtraɪsɪkl]
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- Noun:
- a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
Word Origin
- tricycle (n.)
- 1828, "three-wheeled horse-drawn carriage," from French tricycle (1827); see tri- + cycle (n.). The pedal-powered version is first attested 1868.
Example
- 1. A worker hauls phone casings on a tricycle .
- 2. A child 's jaunt on a tricycle might become quite exciting .
- 3. 9 / 15 Yangon , myanmar : a man on a tricycle transports residents after a downpour
- 4. Media artist nicholas hanna built a tricycle that writes chinese characters on the ground as it moves .
- 5. It includes a tricycle with square wheels of different sizes that visitors can ride smoothly around a circular path ridged like a flower 's petals .