moped

UK/ˈməʊ.pɛd/US/ˈmoʊ.pɛd/

nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,918 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: mopeds

A moped is a very small motorbike, often with pedals. Slow, cheap, and the first powered thing many people ever drove.

The name is a blend of motor and pedal, from the pedals the earliest ones had. In Britain a moped is legally limited to fifty cubic centimetres and can be ridden at sixteen, which is why it is the traditional first vehicle. Note the trap in spelling, since moped is also the past tense of mope, and only the sentence tells you which one you are reading.

Definitions of moped

1nounmopedA small low-powered motorcycle.B1+
“He got about on an ancient moped.”

Where it comes from

Swedish
moped
English, today
moped

Borrowed from Swedish moped.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Vehicles & Machines

First appears in chapter 18 of A Man Called Ove.

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moped in the wild

Although mopeds usually have two wheels, some jurisdictions classify low-powered three- or four-wheeled vehicles (including ATVs and go-karts) as a moped.
Moped
Usually, a moped can be any motorcycle with an engine capacity below 120 cc (7.3 cu in) or lower).
Moped
The girls are on their way to take the test to get their moped licenses, but accidentally catch the attention of the living enigma, Ear Hermit.
Sweet Valerian
Instead of receiving moped licenses, they acquire a "Valerian License" which, to their shock and horror, transforms them into bunny-like creatures, the Relaxation Combat Team Valerian.
Sweet Valerian
Norman Cycles was a British bicycle, autocycle, moped, and motorcycle manufacturer in Ashford, Kent, England.
Norman Cycles

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