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handcycle en · NOUN

Etymology

From hand + cycle.

Meanings

  1. A land vehicle resembling a bicycle or tricycle but powered by the arms rather than the legs.
    • Metzdorf finished the New York City Marathon and an Army Ten-Miler at Fort Bragg using a handcycle. 2007 May 27, The Associated Press, “Marathons Put Military in a Different Light”, in New York Times:
  2. A mechanical exercise equipment similar to an exercise bicycle but with hand-operated pedals, used especially by seniors or people with disabilities for upper-body exercise.

Forms

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handcycles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

handcycling · handcyclist

Synonyms

handbike

handcycle en · VERB

Etymology

From hand + cycle.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To travel or traverse on a handcycle.

Forms

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handcycles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
handcycling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
handcycled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
handcycled Tense=Past lexicographic