tandem bicycle
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- noun
- /ˈtændəm ˈbaɪsɪkəl/
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bicicleta tándem
- The tandem bicycle pedaled by teams of two generated enough power to charge more than a dozen phones.
- ride a tandem bicycle
Examples
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Should I have played giant Connect Four with her or perhaps sung a karaoke song on the back of a tandem bicycle?
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I'm gonna go stay with Denise and Barry, and you and your bud Sydney can hang out and beat up Lou Ferrigno and go to Rush concerts and ride a tandem bicycle down the Venice Boardwalk for all I care.
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There are some things that women and men do together, like ride a tandem bicycle or have sex.
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But even then, men ride a tandem bicycle to please the woman and sex is the other way around.
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The tandem bicycle was pedaled by teams of two for around five minutes each.
Blog text (13) -
One bright Sunday, Gin and Lucy rode the tandem bicycle through the less crowded streets of Charleston to the farmer's market.
Fiction book (1997) -
Marge buys a tandem bicycle, and after she fails to ride it on her own, Bart offers to ride with her.
Blog text (24) -
One bright Sunday, Gin and Lucy rode a tandem bicycle through the less crowded streets of Charleston to the farmer's market.
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I just bought a tandem bicycle for my partner and me to ride together.
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Let's rent a tandem bicycle and enjoy a leisurely ride along the beach.
Synonyms
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1.0
A two-wheeled vehicle that you ride by pushing its pedals with your feet
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A vehicle with two wheels that you pedal
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1.8
A two-wheeled vehicle you move by pedaling
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A bicycle with two seats, one behind the other
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A bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals for two riders
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Morphology
The meaning 'a bicycle designed for two riders' is directly and compositionally derived from 'tandem' (one behind another / two riders) + 'bicycle' (a two-wheeled vehicle). Given knowledge of both constituents this follows a straightforward noun-noun compositional pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner would readily understand it.
Etymology
Tandem bicycle gets its name from the word tandem, which means 'one behind the other', so the bike has two seats and two sets of pedals in a row. That's why a tandem bicycle is for 'two riders' who must 'work together' to pedal and steer.