tricycle, trike, velocipede
(noun) a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
velocipede
(noun) any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
velocipede (plural velocipedes)
(historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
(archaic) Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.
(archaic) A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle.
(humorous) A bicycle.
• (a late 1860s bicycle): boneshaker
velocipede (third-person singular simple present velocipedes, present participle velocipeding, simple past and past participle velocipeded)
to ride on velocipede
Source: Wiktionary
Ve*loc"i*pede, n. Etym: [L. velox, -ocis, swift + pes, pedis, a foot. See Velocity, and Foot.]
Definition: A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
