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quad bike

noun
/ˈkwɑd ˌbaɪk/US/ˈkwɒd ˌbaɪk/UK

Etymology

From quad (“four (“4”)”) + bike (“bicycle”). From being a 4-wheeled quadricycle vehicle that is ridden astride like a dirt bike (“motorcycle”). The oxymoronic character of the term, via the etymonic-level contradiction of quad ("four") in juxtaposition with the bi- behind bike ("two"), is simply ignored by idiom, as such contradictions often are.

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

Definitions

  1. A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a…

    A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a motorcycle, usually used for recreation or farm work.

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