bicycle-built-for-two

1 3.5

A bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals for two riders

noun
/ˈbaɪsɪkəl bɪlt fɔr tu/

: tándem

♪ Daisy, Daisy ♪ ♪ Give me your answer, do ♪ ♪ I'm half crazy ♪ ♪ All for the love of you ♪ ♪ It won't be a stylish marriage ♪ ♪ I can't afford a carriage ♪ ♪ But you'll look sweet up on the seat ♪ ♪ Of a bicycle built for two ♪

Examples

♪ But you'll look sweet upon the seat ♪ Of a bicycle built for two ♪

Nickelodeon (1976)
♪ ♪ Of your bicycle built for two

Anything for Jackson (2020)
♪ ♪ Bicycle built for two ♪

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
♪ That's all I need of you ♪ ♪ I don't want a fancy marriage ♪ ♪ I don't need a fancy carriage ♪ ♪ Just you and me upon the seat ♪ ♪ Of your bicycle built for two ♪ ♪ Daisy, Daisy ♪

Anything for Jackson (2020)
♪ I can't afford a carriage ♪ ♪ But look sweet upon the seat ♪ ♪ Of a bicycle built for two ♪ ♪ Henry, Henry ♪ ♪ This is my answer true ♪ ♪ If you love me ♪ ♪ That's all I need of you ♪ ♪ I don't want a fancy marriage ♪ ♪ I don't need a fancy carriage...

Anything for Jackson (2020)
They got out their bicycle built for two and pedaled over to the zoo.
A handsome elderly couple on a bicycle built for two enjoyed a leisurely ride together.
You can have a lot of fun exploring the park on a bicycle built for two with a friend.

Synonyms

tandem

vsbicycle-built-for-two

11 3.9

A bicycle with two seats, one behind the other

is the longer noun form rather than the short single word label

tandem bicycle

vsbicycle-built-for-two

1 2.8

A vehicle with two seats for two people who pedal while sitting one behind the other

is identical in meaning but appears in a longer noun phrase

Surface Forms

bicycle-built-for-two singular

bicycle-built-for-twos plural

Morphology

bicycle-built-for-two = bicycle + build + two (transparent) = for + bicycle + built + two

The phrase is a literal, compositional description: a bicycle constructed for two people, which is directly inferable from the components. [Postprocessing: moved 'for' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Bicycle-built-for-two is just what it says: bicycle means a two-wheeled bike and two means 'for two riders'. Think of two people sitting and pedaling together, and that image shows why the phrase means a bike made for two riders.