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trike

/tɹaɪk/

trike noun: a tricycle, typically that of a child.

Noun (1)

trike (plural trikes)

  1. A tricycle, typically that of a child.
  2. A three-wheeled motorbike.
    • As a trike, his motorbike gave him more stability at the price of some speed.2002, Sports 'n Spokes, volumes 28-29, page 36
  3. A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger.

Verb

trike (third-person singular simple present trikes, present participle triking, simple past and past participle triked)

  1. To tricycle; to travel by tricycle.

Noun (2)

trike (plural trikes)

  1. (informal) A triceratops.
    • Ellie: Oh, you know, if it's alright, I'd like to stay with Dr. Harding and finish with the trike. Is that okay?1992, David Koepp, Jurassic Park

Proper noun capitalized: Trike

Trike

  1. (informal) An endearing diminutive name given to an individual Triceratops.

Noun (3) capitalized: Trike

Trike (plural Trikes)

  1. (informal) A tricycle.

Forms of trike

Noun
pluraltrikes
pluralTrikes
Verb
third-person singular presenttrikes
present participletriking
past participletriked
pasttriked

Origin of trike

Shortening of tricycle, modelled on bike.

Shortening of triceratops.

From a clipping of Triceratops.

Words formed from trike

Words that rhyme with trike

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Questions about trike

What does trike mean?
Trike means a tricycle, typically that of a child.
What part of speech is trike?
Trike can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce trike?
Trike is pronounced /tɹaɪk/.
What is the plural of trike?
The plural of trike is trikes.

Words near trike in the dictionary

  1. Trikala
  2. trikalsilite
  3. trikaryotic
  4. trikatu
  5. Trikaya
  6. trike
  7. triked
  8. triker
  9. trikeria
  10. trikerion
  11. trikers

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