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Definition: Pedicab |
PedicabNoun1. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire; "boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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A velotaxi, also known as a pedicab, is a human-powered vehicle primarily designed for transporting people, usually with one or two seats for passengers in addition to the driver. The vehicle is powered by the driver pedaling as he would a bicycle, not by an engine, though some configurations also have an electric motor assisting the driver. The vehicle is usually a tricycle, though some quadracycles exist, and some bicycles with trailers are configured as velotaxis. The driver typically pedals in front of the passenger(s); some vehicles have the driver in the rear.
External Links
Links to discussions, manufacturers, and commercial velotaxi operators:
Also see bicycle, rickshaw
- http://www.riksa.hu/
- http://www.pedaltek.com/
- Yahoo Group Pedicab
- http://www.pedicab.com
- http://www.tipke.com/
- http://www.cyclesmaximus.com/
- http://www.kabukikabs.com/
- http://www.lightfootcycles.com/HTML/pedicab.htm
- http://www.bikesatwork.com/products/rickshaw.shtml
- http://www.rhoadescar.com/jumpshow.htm
- http://www.organicengines.com/SUV/Pedicab/index.htm
- http://www.hiwheel.com/pedicabs_main.htm
- http://www.workbike.org/makers/index.html
- http://www.manhattanrickshaw.com
- http://www.azpedicab.com/
- http://www.workbike.org/research/pedalline.html
- http://www.velotaxi.fr/
- http://www.velotaxi.de/
- http://www.velocab.de/sites/rickshaw.htm
- http://www.bicicab.com/
- http://www.bikecab.com/
- http://www.velotaxi.com/
- http://www.21wheels.com
- http://www.quadracycleinc.com/
- http://overseascommitment.com/bicycles/index.html
- http://www.fietser.be/
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Velotaxi."
Synonym: PedicabSynonym: cycle rickshaw (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Title |
Theater & Movies | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Indonesia | Hundreds of pedicab drivers, using Molotov cocktails, machetes, steel bars, and stones, attacked 500 city public security officials, who were about to raid their illegal business in August. (references) |
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| "Pedicab" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pedicab" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pedicab | 45 |
pedicab used | 3 |
hawaii pedicab | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pedicab"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | karrocë trirrotëshe me pedale. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | рикша-велосипед. (various references) | |
Chinese | 三輪車伕 (pedicab driver). (various references) | |
Dutch | fietstaxi (trishaw). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pedaltaksio (trishaw). (various references) | |
Farsi | سه چرخه پاءی . (various references) | |
Indonesian | becak. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 輪タク (trishaw). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | り"タク (trishaw). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | edicabpay.(various references) | |
Romanian | tricicletã (tricycle). (various references) | |
Russian | велорикша (trishaw). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xe xích lô. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pedicab": pedicabs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-i-p" | |
-2 letters: abide, becap, biped, caped, cebid, ceiba, paced. | |
-3 letters: abed, aced, acid, aide, aped, bade, bead, bice, bide, cade, cadi, caid, cape, cedi, dace, dice, epic, iced, idea, pace, padi, paid, pica, pice, pied. | |
-4 letters: ace, aid, ape, bad, bap, bed, bid, cab, cad, cap, cep, dab, dap, deb, dib, die, dip, ice, pac. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-d-e-i-p" | |
+1 letter: pedicabs. | |
+3 letters: crispbread, despicable, despicably, predicable. | |
+4 letters: crispbreads, depreciable, pickabacked, piggybacked, prediabetic, predicables, predictable, predictably. | |
+5 letters: backpedaling, decipherable, displaceable, prediabetics, proboscidean. | |
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