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Cart

//kɑːt// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Championship Auto Racing Teams, a defunct sanctioning body for open-wheel racing in motorsports in the United States of America. (Compare USAC, FIA.) abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  2. 2
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A short river, the River Cart in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, formed from its tributaries Black Cart Water and White Cart Water. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

    "The grocer delivered his goods by cart."

  2. 2
    A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements. informal
  3. 3
    Acronym of classification and regression tree abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  4. 4
    a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal wordnet
  5. 5
    A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
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  1. 6
    A cartridge for a computer or video game system. informal

    "My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking."

  2. 7
    wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels wordnet
  3. 8
    A shopping cart. Internet
  4. 9
    A cartridge containing cannabis oil used in vape pens. slang

    "Elysse got sober before entering college but soon found that seemingly everyone on her dorm floor habitually used weed. ¶ "Not only carts," she said, referring to the cannabis cartridges used in vape pens, "but bongs, pipes, bowls — absolutely everything.""

Verb
  1. 1
    To carry or convey in a cart. transitive

    ""You had better cart in your crops! To-morrow it'll be snowing!""

  2. 2
    transport something in a cart wordnet
  3. 3
    To carry goods. informal, transitive

    "I've been carting these things around all day."

  4. 4
    draw slowly or heavily wordnet
  5. 5
    To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal. transitive

    "On August 4, 1927, Della was carted away to the Norwalk State Hospital, suffering from acute myocarditis"

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  1. 6
    To expose in a cart by way of punishment. obsolete, transitive

    "She to intrigues was ev'n hard hearted: She chuckled when a bawd was carted"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).

Etymology 2

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”). Cognate with West Frisian kret (“wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), Dutch krat, kret (“crate; wheelbarrow for hauling dung”), German Krätze (“basket; pannier”). Wider cognates include Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of cartridge.

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