different between trike vs tike

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Etymology 1

Shortening of tricycle, probably modelled on bike.

Noun

trike (plural trikes)

1. A tricycle, typically that of a child
2. A three-wheeled motorbike
   • 2002, Sports 'n Spokes (volumes 28-29, page 36)

     As a trike, his motorbike gave him more stability at the price of some speed.

3. A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger

See also

• bike

Verb

trike (third-person singular simple present trikes, present participle triking, simple past and past participle triked)

1. To tricycle; to travel by tricycle.

Etymology 2

Shortening of triceratops.

Noun

trike (plural trikes)

1. (informal) A triceratops.
   • 1992, David Koepp, Jurassic Park (screenplay)

     ELLIE: Oh, you know, if it's alright, I'd like to stay with Dr. Harding and finish with the trike. Is that okay?

Anagrams

• kiter

English

Noun

tike (plural tikes)

1. Alternative spelling of tyke (mongrel dog)
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear, London: Nathaniel Butter, [Act III, Scene 6],^[1]

     Bobtaile tike, or trundletaile, Tom will make them weep & waile,

2. Alternative spelling of tyke (Yorkshireman)
3. A boorish person.
4. Archaic form of tick (a kind of arthropod)

Anagrams

• Kite, kite

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (tike, “piece”), from Proto-Turkic *tikö (“piece”). Cognate with Karakhanid ?????? (tik?, “piece, slice”).

Noun

tike (definite accusative tikeyi, plural tikeler)

1. (dialectal, Adana, Osmaniye) piece; especially meat cut in pieces

Declension