shopping cart

noun

1. a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.

shopping cart

noun

1. the usual US and Canadian word for shopping basket

Word History and Origins

Origin of shopping cart¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Like how a child might say “Wheeee!” while being pushed around in a shopping cart.

From Los Angeles Times

One shopper reportedly used a shopping cart to slow him down.

From Salon

This type of operation, known as a CARE-plus cleanup, plays out hundreds of times each week in the city, with sanitation crews seizing and destroying tents, tarps, pallets, shopping carts and many other objects.

From Los Angeles Times

He switched to the latter after ending up on the streets, because it fits more neatly into his shopping cart.

From Los Angeles Times

By Saturday afternoon, bright orange shopping carts from Home Depot and a blue recycling bin were scattered across the boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times