tuk-tuk

British

/ ˈtʌkˌtʌk /

noun

(in Thailand) a three-wheeled motor vehicle used as a taxi

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Etymology

Origin of tuk-tuk

C20: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

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Her right name was Serkut, which means ‘little nose’; Eatum’s right name was Tuk-tuk, that is, reindeer, because he could run very fast.

From Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner by Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel)

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