What does "pushbike" mean?

A pedal bicycle, as distinguished from a motorized bicycle.

What is a synonym for "pushbike"?

Common synonyms include: bicycle, push bicycle, push-cycle, pushie.

//ˈpʊʃbaɪk// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A pedal bicycle, as distinguished from a motorized bicycle. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
"In England I learned to ride what the Australians call a push-bike, and spent many week-end leaves, and one four days' leave, riding in the South of England and Wales. [...] Today, I wished the push-bike was in its old place—especially when three boys sailed past on push-bikes and offered to give me some "gas.""

Verb

1
To travel by pushbike. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal, intransitive
"It makes me miserable when I think of the number of poor surveyors still push-biking their daily round."

""My bike fell into the canal." "Was it a motorbike?" "Er, no, a pushbike." "What's a pushbike?" "A bicycle." "I see.""

The noun is derived from push + bike. The verb is derived from the noun.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.