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fixie

noun

Etymology

From fix + -ie.

  1. derived from *dʰeygʷ-✻
  2. derived from fīxus
  3. derived from *fixer✻
  4. inherited from fixen
  5. suffixed as fixie — “fix + ie”

Definitions

  1. A fixed-gear bicycle.

    • A number of couriers in NYC use `fixies' -- fixed-gear bikes with no brakes.
    • Coming from San Francisco, where gentrification swept through neighborhoods faster than hipster trends like fixies, tattoos, and retro eighties wardrobes, I didn't think Erin had anything to worry about.
    • [F]ixed-gear bikes, or "fixies," cycles that have one speed and are built without the free-wheel equipment that keeps a regular bicycle's pedals stationary while the tires are in motion.

  2. A fixed-blade knife.

    • Among the other fixed blades en route is the Aegis FX. As the name indicates this is a fixie version of SOG's renovated Aegis folder, which debuted at the beginning of 2020.
    • In my humble opinion, a great horizontal Kydex sheath is the ONLY way to make a fixie disappear on your person.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fixie. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA