handlebar
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- noun
- /ˈhændlˌbɑr/
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manillar
- Vasco picked up the bits and pieces, straightened the handlebars, and brushed down his master's hat.
- bicycle handlebars
- handlebar mustache
Not in welding frames, not in putting on handlebars, not in making bicycle seats, but in making hubs and crank sets.
- Not in welding frames, not in putting on handlebars, not in making bicycle seats, but in making hubs and crank sets.
- In French, we say having one's head in the handlebars, like riding a bike, you know, Then look up, look to the left, look to the right.
Examples
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Gin carefully turned the handlebars; they were stiff and a bit shaky.
Fiction book (1997) -
I barely had a grip on the handlebars, and moving my legs was an ordeal.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's got like a button on the handlebar to lower and raise the seat while you're going.
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Consequently, users were constantly taking one hand off the handlebar to feel for recognizable features.
Academic text (2000) -
There were two seats, one in front of the other, and handlebars instead of a steering wheel.
Fiction book (1991) -
I put both hands on the handlebars and placed my right foot on the kickstarter.
Fiction book (1997) -
Kent rushes across the street, grabs her bicycle by the handlebars, and stops it dead.
Fiction book (2000) -
The white plastic streamers danced from the ends of the handlebars and slapped each other gaily.
Fiction book (2001) -
Situated precariously on the handlebars, he pedaled backwards, one of his easy postures.
Fiction book (1994) -
She steered the bicycle by gripping the handlebar tightly as she rode down the hill.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word handlebar comes from the common words handle ('a part you hold') and bar ('a long rod'). It is literally the long rod you hold to steer a bicycle or motorcycle, which is why we call it a handlebar.