"quad bike" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkwɑd ˌbaɪk/ [General-American], /ˈkwɒd ˌbaɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: quad bikes [plural]
Etymology: From quad (“four (“4”)”) + bike (“bicycle”). From being a four-wheeled vehicle (a quadricycle) that is ridden astride like a motorcycle, the term carries an inherent contradiction, since “quad” denotes four, while “bike” implies two. This etymological inconsistency is largely overlooked in everyday usage, as such contradictions are often absorbed and normalized by idiom. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|quad|bike|gloss1=four (“4”)|gloss2=bicycle}} quad (“four (“4”)”) + bike (“bicycle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} quad bike (plural quad bikes)
  1. A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a motorcycle, usually used for recreation or farm work. Synonyms: quad, four-wheeler Hypernyms: ATV, all-terrain vehicle, vehicle Derived forms: quadbiking Coordinate_terms: three-wheeler, dirtbike, UTV, SxS, side-by-side Translations (small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle): vierwielmotorfiets (Afrikaans), 沙灘車 /沙滩车 (shātānchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 四輪摩托車 /四轮摩托车 (sìlún mótuōchē) (Chinese Mandarin), quad [masculine] (Dutch), mönkijä (Finnish), quad (French), Quad [neuter] (German), γουρούνα (gouroúna) [feminine] (Greek), όχημα παντός εδάφους (óchima pantós edáfous) [neuter] (Greek), טרקטורון (traktoron) [masculine] (Hebrew), quad [masculine] (Italian), quadriciclo fuoristrada [masculine] (Italian), quadrimoto [feminine, rare] (Italian), quad [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), wszędołaz [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), czterokołowiec [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), moto-quatro [feminine] (Portuguese), мотовездеход (motovezdexod) [masculine] (Russian), quad [masculine] (Spanish), cuatri [masculine] (Spanish), fyrhjuling [common-gender] (Swedish), ATV (Turkish)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.