tuk-tuk
Britishnoun
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Origin of tuk-tuk
C20: of imitative origin
Example Sentences
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There is a mural of Salah outside his old school, while a tuk-tuk rushes past beeping its horn with a large sticker of the player smiling on the front.
From BBC
A hostel warden told the agency that he saw Mr Ahmed getting into a tuk-tuk in the morning and leaving campus.
From BBC
His family brought the bodies here on an electric rickshaw or tuk-tuk.
From BBC
"It doesn't matter how I'll do it, but I'll make sure that I have justice," says Mr Abanja, who is now 40 and makes a living as a tuk-tuk taxi driver.
From BBC
The beat of drums and firecrackers welcomed Thangapandian as she greeted voters recently riding an open-roofed tuk-tuk through Chennai’s alleyways.
From Seattle Times
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