(slang, chiefly, in the plural) A handlebar on a motorcycle positioned higher than the rider's shoulders.
(slang, chiefly, in the plural) A handlebar on a motorcycle positioned higher than the rider's shoulders.
"apehanger" means: A handlebar on a motorcycle positioned higher than the rider's shoulders.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"apehanger" means: A handlebar on a motorcycle positioned higher than the rider's shoulders.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"apehanger" means: A handlebar on a motorcycle positioned higher than the rider's shoulders.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
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(mostly, in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.
(slang) A prospective or fringe member of the motorcycle gang Hells Angels.
(cycling, specifically) Of a bicycle: having handlebars that are rather high and curve backwards, so that the rider sits upright rather than hunching forward; also, of the handlebars of a bicycle: rather high and curving backwards, thus requiring the rider to sit upright.
(UK, cycling) A bicycle having handlebars that are rather high and curve backwards, so that the rider sits upright rather than hunching forward; a roadster.
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(idiomatic, archaic, slang) to hang back, to be afraid to advance.