autoped
autoped noun: a motorized kick scooter, used from the early 1910s through the early 1920s.
Noun
autoped (plural autopeds)
- A motorized kick scooter, used from the early 1910s through the early 1920s.
- There is no room for two on the autoped, that newest vehicle compromise between riding and walking.1916, Illustrated World - Volume 26, page 353
- A Baltimore drug firm, that innocently sent a delivery boy “scooting” on an autoped through Druid Hill Park on an errand, was surprised later […]1917, N.A.R.D. Journal - Volume 24, page 894
Examples of autoped in a sentence
- If a motor-cycle, why not bicycles, roller skates, autopeds, "scooters," stilts, and all other means of locomotion dear to the childish heart?1917, Bench and Bar - Volume 11, page 374:
- Peter Hitchman is the proud owner of another unusual motor-cycle — a French autoped dating from pre-1914 days.1965, Horizon:
Forms of autoped
| plural | autopeds |
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Origin of autoped
Originally a brand name, equivalent to auto- + -ped.
Questions about autoped
- What does autoped mean?
- Autoped means a motorized kick scooter, used from the early 1910s through the early 1920s.
- How do you use autoped in a sentence?
- If a motor-cycle, why not bicycles, roller skates, autopeds, "scooters," stilts, and all other means of locomotion dear to the childish heart?
- What part of speech is autoped?
- Autoped is a noun.
- What is the plural of autoped?
- The plural of autoped is autopeds.
Words near autoped in the dictionary
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