pushchair
- noun
- /ˈpʊʃˌtʃɛə/
- UK
- I was standing one day in a queue in a post office in Camberwell, and a small child in a pushchair in the queue next to me kept throwing her doll away, much to her mother's annoyance.
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.
- Congratulations on you, Charles Amateur was that trolley trolley Prolly prolly pushchair.
Examples
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So I'm doing a full workout right now, pushing the pushchair in the heat.
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That was the sound from your child's pushchair being wheeled through the village at night.
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I took the baby for a walk in the pushchair along the park pathway.
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She carefully placed the groceries in the pushchair while keeping an eye on her sleeping child.
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After visiting the market, I pushed the pushchair down the street to get home.
Synonyms
A small folding seat on wheels that you push a baby in
A small wheeled seat that you push to carry a baby
A small wheeled seat for carrying a baby when you walk
A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting
A small carriage on wheels for carrying a baby that you push
A small four-wheeled vehicle an adult uses to push a baby
A small wheeled vehicle for carrying things or young children
A small vehicle with four wheels that an adult pushes to carry a baby
A four-wheeled carriage that you push a baby in
A small wheeled seat for pushing a baby or young child
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Etymology
Pushchair comes from the two simple words push ('to move something by using force') and chair ('seat'), so it literally means a 'seat you push' for a child. That's why a pushchair is a small seat on wheels that adults use to push a baby or small child in.