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UK/kɑːt/ US/kɑɹt/ common informal slang
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal

2.

wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels

  • “he used a handcart to carry the rocks away”
  • “their pushcart was piled high with groceries”
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verb

1.

draw slowly or heavily

  • “haul stones”
  • “haul nets”
Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr (“wagon; cart”), merged with native Old English cræt (“a chariot; cart”), from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret- (“tracery; wattle; cradle; cage; basket”), from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).

Phrases

  • apple cart
  • ass cart
  • baggage cart
  • bankrupt cart
  • bell cart
  • billy cart
  • bullock cart
  • cart away

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