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trick cyclist

trick cyclist noun: a person who performs tricks while riding a bicycle.

Noun

trick cyclist (plural trick cyclists)

  1. (literally) A person who performs tricks while riding a bicycle.
  2. (UK, slang) A psychiatrist.
    • It was a commonplace for the medical officer to refer problem cases to the "trick cyclist" so that people got used to the idea that he might be able to help.1964, The British journal of criminology
    • But what if it had the contrary effect? What if his wife turned wholly sane? What if she announced, not on any trick cyclist's couch...1984, Michael Innes, Carson's conspiracy

Forms of trick cyclist

pluraltrick cyclists

Origin of trick cyclist

Slang sense a deliberate malapropism of psychiatrist.

Questions about trick cyclist

What does trick cyclist mean?
Trick cyclist means a person who performs tricks while riding a bicycle.
What part of speech is trick cyclist?
Trick cyclist is a noun.
What is the plural of trick cyclist?
The plural of trick cyclist is trick cyclists.

Words near trick cyclist in the dictionary

  1. tricistronic
  2. tricitrate
  3. tricitrates
  4. tricity
  5. trick
  6. trick cyclist
  7. trick cyclists
  8. trick mode
  9. Trick Night
  10. trick of the light
  11. trick of the trade

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