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pushbike

noun
/ˈpʊʃbaɪk/UK/ˈpʊʃˌbaɪk/US

Etymology

The noun is derived from push + bike. The verb is derived from the noun.

  1. inherited from *bȳc✻
  2. inherited from bēocere — “beekeeper”
  3. inherited from bike
  4. compounded as pushbike — “push + bike”

Definitions

  1. A pedal bicycle, as distinguished from a motorized bicycle.

  2. To travel by pushbike.

    • It makes me miserable when I think of the number of poor surveyors still push-biking their daily round.
    • Dr. Smith is making a tour of the world "push-biking" from place to place, forwarding whatever he finds interesting along his travels.

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