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boneshaker

boneshaker noun: a velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).

Noun

boneshaker (plural boneshakers)

  1. A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
    • The man named Honeysett had ridden off on an old boneshaker of his to fetch the engines.1905, E. Nesbit, “The arsenicators”, in Oswald Bastable and Others
  2. Something jolty.
    • a boneshaker of a journey
    • The car was a real boneshaker.

boneshaker meaning in Tamil

boneshaker in Tamil

குழாய்ப்பட்டையில்லாத மிதிவண்டி, இடுப்பொடிக்கும் ஊர்தி

Forms of boneshaker

pluralboneshakers

Origin of boneshaker

From bone + shaker, from the uncomfortableness of the ride.

Questions about boneshaker

What does boneshaker mean?
Boneshaker means a velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
What is boneshaker in Tamil?
Boneshaker in Tamil is குழாய்ப்பட்டையில்லாத மிதிவண்டி, இடுப்பொடிக்கும் ஊர்தி. See Boneshaker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is boneshaker?
Boneshaker is a noun.
What is the plural of boneshaker?
The plural of boneshaker is boneshakers.

Words near boneshaker in the dictionary

  1. boneset
  2. bonesets
  3. bonesetter
  4. bonesetters
  5. bonesetting
  6. boneshaker
  7. boneshakers
  8. boneshaking
  9. Bonesman
  10. bonesmashing
  11. Bonesmen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boneshaker (page history and authors); boneshaker (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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