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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals [syn: tricycle, trike, velocipede]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from tri- + Greek kyklos wheel — more at wheel Date: 1868 a 3-wheeled vehicle propelled by pedals or a motor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a vehicle having three wheels, two on an axle at the back and one at the front, driven by pedals in the same way as a bicycle. 2 a three-wheeled motor vehicle for a disabled driver. --v.intr. ride on a tricycle. Derivatives: tricyclist n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tandem Tan"dem, n. A team of horses harnessed one before the other. ``He drove tandems.'' --Thackeray. Tandem engine, a compound steam engine having two or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another. Tandem bicycle or tricycle, one for two persons in which one rider sits before the other.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tricycle Tri"cy*cle, n. [Pref. tri- + cycle as inbicycle.] A three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tricycles) A tricycle is a cycle with three wheels, two at the back and one at the front. Tricycles are usually ridden by children. N-COUNT