rickshaw
2
3.3
- noun
- /ˈrɪkʃɔː/
- Indian
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auto rickshaw
- The rickshaw drove out of the village and into a quieter countryside along the rice fields.
- an auto-rickshaw
- a rickshaw driver
- motorized rickshaw
I'm like, then you got like, wait a minute, would you drive a tractor, a rickshaw?
- I'm like, then you got like, wait a minute, would you drive a tractor, a rickshaw?
- She says wasn't that wonderful and wasn't that rickshaw driver handsome?
- The poor rickshaw driver in a Asian country has a cell phone.
Examples
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Just jumped in a rickshaw and it was fine.
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Listen, this is my rickshaw!
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Now the meter's running in my rickshaw.
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The rickshaw drove between the buildings, down an alleyway.
Fiction book (1991) -
Beyond the courtyard was a string of yellow-and-black auto-rickshaws waiting under eucalyptus trees.
Fiction book (1995) -
An auto-rickshaw was waiting for us downstairs, triangular, small, with plasticized cloth covering its frame.
Fiction book (1995) -
From about a kilometer before the Taj Mahal Main Gate, there are battery-operated buses, rickshaws, and horse/man-drawn rickshaws that take you to the main gate.
Blog text (21) -
It's booming, as far as jungle towns go, with a frenzy of rickshaws and motorcycles zooming and beeping through the rutted, dusty streets.
Blog text (23) -
She hailed a rickshaw to get to the airport quickly.
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The bustling city streets were filled with colorful rickshaws transporting passengers.
Synonyms
382
1.0
A car with a driver people pay to drive them to a place
A small three-wheeled motor vehicle that carries people like a cheap taxi
Compounds
1
3.9
A small three-wheeled vehicle that a person pedals to carry passengers for money
How Motorized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rickshaw now also means a small motor taxi, often called an auto-rickshaw or tuk-tuk. The name comes from Japanese jinrikisha with jin 'person', riki 'power', and sha 'vehicle', so you can remember it as the old 'person-power' vehicle that later got a motor.