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training wheels

plural noun

Definition of training wheels

: a pair of small wheels connected to the rear axle of a bicycle to help a beginning bicyclist maintain balance

Examples of training wheels in a Sentence

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Nails Introducing The Poppy, a new at-home manicure tool that's like training wheels for your nail polish. — Amber Kallor, Allure, "Olive & June's New Tool Made Painting My Nails at Home So Much Easier," 14 Mar. 2019 The Miata is the sports-car version of training wheels. — Car and Driver, "2019 10Best Cars," 28 Nov. 2018 Smart speakers, like training wheels, are getting people more used to talking to their devices. — Rani Molla, Recode, "Voice tech like Alexa and Siri hasn’t found its true calling yet: Inside the voice assistant ‘revolution’," 12 Nov. 2018 The track, which many kids learn to ride a bike with training wheels, but at the Lexus Velodrome on Mack Avenue in Detroit, kids ages 3-17 can ride on a track at a 50-degree angle. — Grace Reyes, Detroit Free Press, "Lexus Velodrome in Detroit offering free weekly summer camps for kids," 10 July 2018 The event is open to children and adults, but anyone under 10 years old must be accompanied by an adult and no tricycles or training wheels are allowed. — Hayley Harding, Courant Community, "Here's Everything You Need To Know For Celebrate! West Hartford This Weekend," 6 June 2018 Until now, Bella has been riding a small bike with training wheels around her Zionsville neighborhood. — Maureen C. Gilmer, Indianapolis Star, "Engineering students use their brains and their hearts to build a bike for a little girl," 18 May 2018 The training wheels have come off of Ed Orgeron’s coaching career making the season-opener against Miami at AT&T Stadium a crucial showdown. — Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, "SEC: The toughest nonconference schedules ranked," 25 Apr. 2018 Why that has to be De'Aaron Fox The Kings plan to take the 'training wheels' off. — Jason Jones, sacbee, "Why this offseason will be different for the Kings – from the front office on down | The Sacramento Bee," 14 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of training wheels

1950, in the meaning defined above

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training wheels

noun

English Language Learners Definition of training wheels

US : a small pair of extra wheels that are added to a child's bicycle so that the bicycle can be balanced more easily while the child is learning to ride it

training wheels

noun plural

Kids Definition of training wheels

: a pair of small wheels connected to the rear axle of a bicycle to help a beginning rider keep balance