kickstand

English

Etymology

kick +‎ stand (the bar is typically kicked into place with the foot, and enables the vehicle to stand)

Noun

kickstand (plural kickstands)

1. A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
2. A similar folding bar to prop up a mobile phone or similar device when it is being used on a surface.

Translations

levered bar

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停車支架／停车支架, 停车支架 (tíngchē zhījià), 車支架／车支架, 车支架 (chēzhījià)

• Esperanto: apogstangilo
• Finnish: jalkatuki
• French: béquille (fr) f
• German: Fahrradständer m
• Italian: predellino (it) m
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• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: bétchil'ye f
• Russian: подно́жка (ru) f (podnóžka), сто́йка (ru) f (stójka)
• Spanish: soporte (es) m, caballete (es) m
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