Used in a Sentence

segway

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for segway.

Editorial note

They seem to have fixed what was originally wrong with the Segway -- when presented with an obstacle, the Segway was too bulky to lift or maneuver around.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To travel by Segway.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of segway gathered in one view.

verb

To travel by Segway.

verb

Alternative letter-case form of Segway. [To travel by Segway.]

verb

Misspelling of segue. [To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for segway.

verb

To travel by Segway.

verb

Alternative letter-case form of Segway. [To travel by Segway.]

verb

Misspelling of segue. [To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.]

noun

A motorised vehicle for one person, ridden while standing, and having two wheels on one axle that balances itself using gyroscopes and tilt sensors.

Example sentences

1

They seem to have fixed what was originally wrong with the Segway -- when presented with an obstacle, the Segway was too bulky to lift or maneuver around.

2

Just thought it was interesting because this mini-segway has been adopted by hip hop and urban culture.

3

The segway into the long history of languages in science seems like a non-sequitur for the article key thesis.

4

Maybe a Segway type thing would work better, it just needs to be able to press the lift buttons.

5

To be fair, the segway did what was promised, but it turned out that it wasn't so useful in practice.

6

Does HN think this is the transportation revolution the Segway tried to usher in?

7

For the cost of a segway I could buy a racing bicycle made entirely out of carbon fiber.

8

Not to mention that most successful do not have the the time to segway off on someone else vague but 'brilliant' idea.

9

Google Glass and Segway were both products completely different from anything on the market.

10

Seriously, for practical rhetoric teachers this site will provide a good segway into the rhetorics of excuses and to a lesser extent ethics.

11

You can barely drive a segway on the sidewalk, you think you're going to be allowed to install a nuclear reactor in your basement?

12

A segway mounted sarcophagus would be more suitable.

Quote examples

1

"..wrote 3,000 lines of Python in a day to build a Segway" made me hate myself.

2

(Oddly, when the patents run out we'll see quite quickly that, rather than being a "human transporter", the segway will become the reference architecture for bipedal robots.) Amazon Fire Phone is just about greed.

Proper noun examples

1

In the Segway, the wheels touch the ground and provide something for the motors to act against.

2

Some combination of an electric bike/scooter/skateboard/Segway -like thing that had the thing that made people need to have one.

3

The same you can stand on a Segway: As long as it moves itself under your center of gravity when tilting.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use segway in a sentence?

They seem to have fixed what was originally wrong with the Segway -- when presented with an obstacle, the Segway was too bulky to lift or maneuver around.

What does segway mean?

To travel by Segway.

What part of speech is segway?

segway is commonly used as verb, noun.