fat bike
English
WOTD – 1 April 2021
Etymology
From fat + bike, from the fat tires such bicycles are equipped with, and their correspondingly wider frames needed to accommodate the width of the tires.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfætbaɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfætˌbaɪk/
- Hyphenation: fat‧bike
Noun
- (cycling, winter sports) A bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them, which provides better traction on off-road surfaces such as sand or snow.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Translations
bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres
See also
Further reading
- fatbike on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:fatbikes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “fat bike, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fat bajk/
Noun
- (cycling, winter sports) fat bike
- Synonyms: vélo à pneus surdimensionnés (VPS), vélo hivernal, (the latter two for snow use) vélo sur neige
Alternative forms
- fatbike
- vélo fatbike, vélo fat bike