Definitions

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  • noun Australia, New Zealand, UK a pedal bicycle -- distinguished from a motor bicycle
  • verb Australia, New Zealand, UK to travel by pedal cycle

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a bicycle that must be pedaled

Etymologies

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push + bike

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Examples

  • Sam Whittingham tops 80mph – on a push-bike | clusterflock etc.

    Sam Whittingham tops 80mph – on a push-bike | clusterflock 2009

  • But this was a special occasion and the ­local traffic cops watched in awe as Sam Whittingham topped 80mph — on a push-bike.

    Sam Whittingham tops 80mph – on a push-bike | clusterflock 2009

  • My sister was killed in 1995 while on a push-bike waiting at a pedestrian crossing for the lights to change.

    I Was Almost Killed - :: gia’s blog :: 2006

  • I'm mostly loyal to my push-bike but I look back fondly on a year riding a moped - especially breaking the 30 mph speed limit coming down the hill outside Starford-on-Avon.

    A stop at the Pee Shop and an argument over power wheelchairs Elizabeth McClung 2007

  • It is said that if you wait long enough then your reward will come and so it proved earlier this week when my pathetic attempts to generate electricity on a push-bike on behalf of World Wildlife Cymru at the Royal Welsh Show were acknowledged by the arrival of a very smart-looking certificate.

    Archive 2006-09-01 2006

  • It is said that if you wait long enough then your reward will come and so it proved earlier this week when my pathetic attempts to generate electricity on a push-bike on behalf of World Wildlife Cymru at the Royal Welsh Show were acknowledged by the arrival of a very smart-looking certificate.

    Certificate of merit? 2006

  • I finally bought the push-bike I've been meaning to get for three years.

    phluid61 Diary Entry phluid61 2004

  • Hopkins retold his story of riding the push-bike to the shop in Birmingham Road to buy beer and crisps.

    The Jigsaw Man Britton, Paul, 1946- 1997

  • My mother asked me when my 13 th. birthday was in the offing if I wanted a push-bike or a Barmitzva.

    To Change the World ! 1959

  • He got hold of a push-bike alongside the waggons for some distance, finishing up on a limber.

    Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson

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