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Definitions

Noun

1. 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."

2. 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.

Verb

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

handbikehandbike

Example

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"Metzdorf finished the New York City Marathon and an Army Ten-Miler at Fort Bragg using a handcycle."

Etymology

From hand + cycle.

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