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go-kart

go-kart

14 3.3
A small low vehicle with four wheels used for racing or fun
  • noun
  • /ˈɡoʊˌkɑrt/
translation icon : kart
  • They've got go-kart racing on deck.
  • go-kart race
  • go-kart track
  • go-kart racing

We made our own, we made our own, you know, go karts and things like that.

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Examples

Synonyms

kart
vsgo-kart
24 3.5

A small low car used for racing on special tracks

is the general small motor vehicle design not limited to track use

How Fast

race car
29 2.7
sports car
50 2.8
go-kart
14 3.3
minicar
1 3.5

Surface Forms

go-kart singular
go-karts plural

Morphology

go-kart = go + kart (transparent) = go + kart

A straightforward compound of 'go' + 'kart' whose combined meaning (a small motor vehicle for going around a track) is directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

The word go-kart is a simple, playful name: go means 'to move' and kart is a spelling of cart, which is a 'small vehicle'. So a go-kart is literally a small vehicle you make 'go', which is why it means the low, four-wheeled racing car used for fun and sport.