pram
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2.1
- noun
- /præm/
- UK
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cochecito
- You'll have to buy clothes, a cot and a pram...
We didn't end up purchasing pram or pushchair, whatever you called it today.
- We didn't end up purchasing pram or pushchair, whatever you called it today.
- And she had a little baby in her in her pram.
- You're the one that decided to go out on public transport, you know, with the pram in tow.
- It is none other than Danny DeVito currently being run over by a pram.
- My mum said when I was about four, she took me shopping and I wanted a pink pram.
- You do still need a full on pram for like full days out but for little journeys this has been incredible.
- This is a little pram suit, and this is from Primark.
- And that's when the same, the same pram.
- I have two pram suits obviously to leave the hospital in because it's going to be freezing.
- But I think as far as pram clothes, feeding toy clothes, did I say clothes, muslins, just all that stuff I felt really happy with.
Examples
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An old-fashioned pram stood in the corner, guarded by a six-foot teddy bear.
Fiction book (1990) -
I saw a grandmother happily pushing her grandchild in a pram down the street.
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Mother used to put him in the pram to keep me company.
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I'll leave this pram here in the hall.
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I'll get your pram, little girl!
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Leave me with my pram.
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My mother remembers that an old woman used to take me for walks in the pram.
Academic text (2001) -
This is a little pram suit, and this is from Primark.
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So, I popped Miss L into her pram and off we went to Woolie's to get some.
Blog text (30) -
The figure stood silently throughout the afternoon, wheeling the pram in a small circle near the exit of the subway.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
A small folding seat on wheels that you push a baby in
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2.1
A small wheeled seat that you push to carry a baby
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1.6
A small wheeled seat for carrying a baby when you walk
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1.4
A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting
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6.5
A small four-wheeled vehicle an adult uses to push a baby
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2.5
A small wheeled vehicle for carrying things or young children
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1.0
A small vehicle with four wheels that an adult pushes to carry a baby
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8.9
A four-wheeled carriage that you push a baby in
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1.7
A small seat on wheels for pushing a baby or small child
A baby carriage that is light and easy to carry or push
A small wheeled seat for pushing a baby or young child
Idioms
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9.9
To behave in a childish sulky way after not getting what you want
Compounds
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Etymology
The word pram comes from a longer word, perambulator, from the old Latin parts per- 'through' and ambulare 'to walk', the same root as the English word amble. So a pram is literally something you push while you walk to carry a baby.