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strikelist

strikelist noun: a person who travels by bicycle because public transport is disrupted by industrial action.

Noun

strikelist (plural strikelists)

  1. (UK, colloquial) A person who travels by bicycle because public transport is disrupted by industrial action.
    • Londoners are almost through the Tube driver strike, which was set to bring mayhem, but thousands of strikelists have avoided the brunt of it.2026 April 23, Noora Mykkanen, “Strikelists take over London again – but have these strikes been less chaotic?”, in Metro, archived from...

Forms of strikelist

pluralstrikelists

Origin of strikelist

Blend of strike + cyclist.

Questions about strikelist

What does strikelist mean?
Strikelist means a person who travels by bicycle because public transport is disrupted by industrial action.
What part of speech is strikelist?
Strikelist is a noun.
What is the plural of strikelist?
The plural of strikelist is strikelists.

Words near strikelist in the dictionary

  1. strikefire
  2. strikeforce
  3. strikeforces
  4. strikeless
  5. strikelike
  6. strikelist
  7. strikelists
  8. striken
  9. strikeoff
  10. strikeoffs
  11. strikeout

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