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handcycles

handcycles is the plural of handcycle.

handcycles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of handcycle.

Meaning of handcycle

Noun

handcycle (plural handcycles)

  1. A land vehicle resembling a bicycle or tricycle but powered by the arms rather than the legs.
    • Metzdorf finished the New York City Marathon and an Army Ten-Miler at Fort Bragg using a handcycle.2007 May 27, The Associated Press, “Marathons Put Military in a Different Light”, in New York Times
  2. A mechanical exercise equipment similar to an exercise bicycle but with hand-operated pedals, used especially by seniors or people with disabilities for upper-body exercise.

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Questions about handcycles

What is handcycles the plural of?
Handcycles is the plural of handcycle.

Words near handcycles in the dictionary

  1. handcuffings
  2. handcuffs
  3. handcut
  4. handcycle
  5. handcycled
  6. handcycles
  7. handcycling
  8. handcyclist
  9. handcyclists
  10. hande
  11. handed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handcycles (page history and authors); handcycle (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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