pushie en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈpʊʃ.i/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From push(bike) + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Meanings
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(Australia, informal) A pushbike.
At the beginning of this exercise, I was dead keen on taking possession of the bicycles. I definitely leaned towards the mountain bike, as road cycling isn't really my forte. I have ridden pushies my whole life, but I never would have called myself a keen cyclist.
2015 August 14, Dylan Ruddy, “The Final Stage”, in Mitch Lees, editor, Australasian Dirt Bike, Bauer Trader Media, page 115:I've seen guys holding boards out of windows like they were riding a pushie. Pretty easy to get caught by the wind and whipped out of your hand.
2003, Taj Burrow, edited by Sam McIntosh, Taj Burrow's Book of Hot Surfing, Rollingyouth Press, →ISBN, page 87:As I rode my pushie along the black asphalt path through the school, I imagined the joy I'd feel, sitting on my bed that night reading The BFG.
2009, Heath Ducker, Samantha Trenoweth, A Room at the Top, Penguin Random House, →ISBN, page 36:Another man, who had been sitting at the next table, joined in the conversation. 'You blokes want to be real careful riding pushies on this highway,' he said. 'I picked up the bits of the last bloke who pedalled through here.'
2005, Andy Brown, Tim Garratt, Discovery Road, 4 edition, Eye Books, →ISBN, page 64:"Whenever I'm in my car and I see anyone pedalling along with their life packed on a bike I immediately ask myself, 'Who are they, where are they going, and what's happened to them?'" says Tom Forbes. Now Mr Forbes is that person on a pushie.
2023 March 20, “Forbes swaps headlines for headwinds in solo cycle across Australia”, in Bond University:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pushies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |