pedicab


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ped·i·cab

 (pĕd′ĭ-kăb′)
n.
A small three-wheeled vehicle having a seat, pedals, and handlebars for the operator and a usually hooded cab for passengers.
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pedicab

(ˈpɛdɪˌkæb)
n
a pedal-operated tricycle, available for hire, with an attached seat for one or two passengers
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ped•i•cab

(ˈpɛd ɪˌkæb)

n.
(esp. in Southeast Asia) a three-wheeled public conveyance operated by pedals, typically one having a hooded cab for two passengers mounted behind the driver.
[1945–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pedicab - a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling)pedicab - a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire; "boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs"
tricycle, trike, velocipede - a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
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Translations

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With the present results, Belmonte also cleared out public's accusations before that majority of tricycle and pedicab drivers use illegal drugs.
A 29-year-old pedicab driver was arrested for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old boy in Barangay Baclaran, Paranaque City, an official said yesterday.
With this development, locals have come up with their own pedicab tour, a half-day tour featuring the best places for adventure, food trip and immersion, with the drivers, themselves, serving as tourist guides.
Earlier at dawn in San Fabian town, 66-year-old Sonny Zamora was found dead in his pedicab along Golea Street, but one of his relatives said he had a heart ailment and may have suffered an attack.
A male pedicab driver died after he was hit by a tractor along C-3 road in Navotas City on Wednesday morning.
A pedicab driver died pedaling after he was shot by a still unidentified armed suspect while driving his pedicab in Pasay City on Wednesday.
'Nung una akala ko mga nanghihingi lang talaga sila sa mga dumadaang jeep, pero sinitsitan ako ni kuyang pedicab driver na lumapit daw ako sa kanya at mag-ingat kasi mga snatcher daw 'yun,' he said in his post.
Six persons were hospitalized due to electrocution after an electric post fell and hit the pedicab they were riding, police said.
A scavenger whose throat was slashed was found lifeless inside a pedicab on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City Monday afternoon.
Igmedio Bernaldez, MPD Ermita police station commander, said that Palisoc was shot as he was in a pedicab with his neighbor, Renato Dumalaon, on San Andres corner A.
Barangay Captain Leo Bahin of Barangay 87, San Jose said a pedicab driver was scouting for firewood on Friday when he found skulls and bones at the school backyard yesterday, November 6, 2015.