to tricycle
3.4
To ride a small bike with three wheels that you pedal
- verb
- /ˈtraɪsɪkəl/
- Every Saturday, we would tricycle along the beach, feeling the ocean breeze.
Examples
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The children laughed as they tricycled around the park, enjoying the sunny day.
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Even the kids that are taking off on the tricycle like crazy will eventually stop and look back.
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After learning how to ride, she confidently tricycled down the path.
Synonyms
to wheel
vsto tricycle
To push something on its round turning parts or to ride in a vehicle that has them
ride or travel on a small vehicle with three round supports
How Fast
Surface Forms
tricycle infinitive
tricycled past
tricycled past participle
tricycling present participle
tricycles third person singular
Etymology
The verb tricycle comes from the noun tricycle, made from tri- 'three' and -cycle 'wheel', the same -cycle in bicycle. That is why to tricycle means to 'ride' or travel on a vehicle with three wheels.