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e-bike

/ˈiː.baɪk/

e-bike noun: a bicycle assisted by, or powered by, an electric motor.

Noun

e-bike (plural e-bikes)

  1. (informal) A bicycle assisted by, or powered by, an electric motor.
    • The e-bikes glide past slow, one of the kids turning his bike around. He's tall, with his black hair slicked back with grease, shining in the glow of the other bikes' lights. In the sockets of his eyes she can see only mirrors. Artificial Sonys. The kid's ironed.1993 January 31, Ridley McIntyre, “STORY: GHOSTDANCER (2)”, in rec.games.frp.misc (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2019, message-ID <0!w3=jd@rpi.edu>
    • ELECTRIC BIKES ("E-BIKES") Because e-bike speeds and power are more similar to human-powered bicycles than to motorcycles, I believe their users will need bicycle-style traffic-skills education (Effective Electric Cycling?). I also believe e-bikes, with strict power or acceleration limits, should...1993 November 13, John Ciccarelli, “Motorcycles, bicycles, "e-bikes"”, in rec.bicycles.soc (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2019, message-ID <2c1n2d$j6o@agate.berkeley.edu>

Examples of e-bike in a sentence

  • I also believe e-bikes, with strict power or acceleration limits, should be allowed to use bike lanes -- think about it.1993 November 13, John Ciccarelli, “Motorcycles, bicycles, "e-bikes"”, in rec.bicycles.soc (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2019, message-ID...
  • There seems to be a lot of interest emerging about "E-Bikes." I'm not sure of the appropriate place to discuss them.1993 November 13, Charlie Sullivan, “Re: Motorcycles, bicycles, "e-bikes"”, in rec.bicycles.soc (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2019, message-ID...
  • Another important difference: e-bikes can legally travel in the bike lane; scooters and mopeds cannot.2010, David L. Kurtz, Contemporary Marketing 2011, page 377:
  • I suspect it will keep falling further behind e-bikes, e-mopeds and e-scooters.2024 January 18, Simon Kuper, “Electric cars are not the future”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:

Synonyms of e-bike

Forms of e-bike

plurale-bikes
alternative formebike

Origin of e-bike

From e- + bike.

Words formed from e-bike

Questions about e-bike

What does e-bike mean?
E-bike means a bicycle assisted by, or powered by, an electric motor.
How do you use e-bike in a sentence?
I also believe e-bikes, with strict power or acceleration limits, should be allowed to use bike lanes -- think about it.
What part of speech is e-bike?
E-bike is a noun.
How do you pronounce e-bike?
E-bike is pronounced /ˈiː.baɪk/.
What is the plural of e-bike?
The plural of e-bike is e-bikes.

Words near e-bike in the dictionary

  1. e-benefits
  2. e-bicycle
  3. e-bicycles
  4. e-bidding
  5. e-biddings
  6. e-bike
  7. e-biker
  8. e-bikers
  9. e-bikes
  10. e-biking
  11. e-bill

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