bike-wack
v.— «“Bike-wack”…The competitors trekked through the trees to the second CP, another 12 km’s away, picked up their bikes at this remote drop point and mountain biked onward.» —“Hope Launches Western Canada Adventure Racing Season” Raid the North May 3-4, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Ribbon fall. Gallery forest. You won’t find terms like these in most dictionaries, but they and hundreds like them are discussed by famous writers in the book Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape. The book is an intriguing collection...
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