quad bike
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quad bike
- /ˈkwɑd ˌbaɪk/ US
- /ˈkwɒd ˌbaɪk/ UK
Where it comes from
From quad (“four (“4”)”) + bike (“bicycle”). From being a four-wheeled vehicle (a quadricycle) that is ridden astride like a motorcycle, the term carries an inherent contradiction, since “quad” denotes four, while “bike” implies two. This etymological inconsistency is largely overlooked in everyday usage, as such contradictions are often absorbed and normalized by idiom.
noun quad bikes
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A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a motorcycle, usually used for recreation or farm work.
Because outside, away from the bright lights of the gym, riders wearing balaclavas roar past on quad bikes in the darkness.
Similar: quad, four-wheeler
Translations
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noun small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle
| Español | quad, cuatri |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 沙灘車 /沙滩车 shātānchē, 四輪摩托車 /四轮摩托车 sìlún mótuōchē |
| Português | moto-quatro |
| Français | quad |
| Deutsch | Quad |
| Italiano | quad, quadriciclo fuoristrada, quadrimoto |
| Ελληνικά | γουρούνα gouroúna, όχημα παντός εδάφους óchima pantós edáfous |
| Русский | мотовездеход motovezdexod |
| עברית | טרקטורון traktoron |
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