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bikelashes

bikelashes is the plural 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

Questions about bikelashes

What is bikelashes the plural of?
Bikelashes is the plural of bikelash.

Words near bikelashes in the dictionary

  1. bikejorer
  2. bikejorers
  3. bikejoring
  4. bikejors
  5. bikelash
  6. bikelashes
  7. bikeless
  8. bikelessness
  9. bikelike
  10. bikelock
  11. bikelocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bikelashes (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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