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tricycle

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tri·cy·cle  (trskl, -s-kl)
n.
A vehicle, used especially by small children, that has three wheels, one at the front and two at the back, and is usually propelled by pedals.

[French : tri-, three (from Greek tri-; see tri-) + Greek kuklos, wheel; see cycle.]

tricycle [ˈtraɪsɪkəl]
n
1. a three-wheeled cycle, esp one driven by pedals
2. a three-wheeler for invalids
vb
(intr) to ride a tricycle
tricyclist  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tricycletricycle - a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
cycle rickshaw, pedicab - a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire; "boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs"
wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
Translations
tricycle [ˈtraɪsɪkl] Ntriciclo m

tricycle [ˈtraɪsɪkəl] ntricycle m

tricycle
nDreirad nt

tricycle [ˈtraɪsɪkl] ntriciclo
tricycle [ˈtraɪsɪkl] ntriciclo

tricycle
n tricycle [ˈtraisikl]
a kind of cycle with three wheels. driewiel ذو ثلاث عَجلات велосипед на три колела tříkolka trehjulet cykel das Dreirad τρίκυκλο triciclo kolmerattaline ratas سه چرخه kolmipyörä tricycle תְּלַת-אוֹפַן तिपहिया साइकिल tricikl tricikli sepeda roda tiga þríhjól triciclo 3輪自転車 세발 자전거 triratis trīsritenis basikal roda tiga driewieler trehjulssykkel trójkołowiec tricicletă трёхколёсный велосипед trojkolka tricikel tricikl trehjuling รถสามล้อ üç tekerlekli bisiklet 三輪腳踏車 триколісний велосипед تين پہيوں کي سائيکل xe đạp ba bánh

tricycle دراجة ثلاثية tříkolka trehjulet cykel Dreirad τρίκυκλο triciclo kolmipyörä tricycle tricikl triciclo 三輪車 세발자전거 driewieler trehjulssykkel trycykl triciclo трехколесный велосипед trehjuling รถสามล้อ üç tekerlekli bisiklet xe đạp ba bánh 三轮车


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A rolling cloud of yellow dust had streamed round the curve of the road, and from the heart of it had emerged a high tandem tricycle flying along at a breakneck pace.
David's Hall - from a spot, in fact, at the base of the solid wall - it seemed as though a gate had been opened, and there came towards him what he at first took to be a tricycle.
Some way behind these came a man in workday clothes, riding one of those old- fashioned tricycles with a small front wheel.
 
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