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bike-lash

bike-lash is the alternative form of bikelash.

Meaning of bikelash

Noun

bikelash (plural bikelashes)

  1. (informal) Negative or hostile reaction to cyclists, especially from motorists or law enforcement.
    • There's a feeling among many drivers that cyclists, either by their ignorance of the law or by their blatant disregard for it, are asking for trouble. […] In one sense, the so-called bikelash has little to do with transportation modes.2011 February 16, Thomas Vanderbilt, “Rage Against Your Machine”, in Outside

Forms of bike-lash

pluralbike-lashes

Questions about bike-lash

What is bike-lash the alternative form of?
Bike-lash is the alternative form of bikelash.

Words near bike-lash in the dictionary

  1. bike taxis
  2. bike throw
  3. bike throws
  4. bike-and-ride
  5. bike-and-rides
  6. bike-lash
  7. bike-lashes
  8. bike-shedding
  9. bikeability
  10. bikeable
  11. bikeathon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bike-lash (page history and authors); bikelash (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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