tuk-tuk

/ (ˈtʌkˌtʌk) /

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noun

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

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Word Origin for tuk-tuk

C20: of imitative origin

Words nearby tuk-tuk

tuille, Tuinal, tuition, Tukkie, tuktu, tuk-tuk, Tula, tuladi, tularaemia, Tulare, tularemia

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How to use tuk-tuk in a sentence

But then, agen, they'd 'ave to consider as it wor diamonds as you tuk.
Sue, A Little Heroine|L. T. Meade
"I tuk the pledge this morning," said Harris in a gloomy voice.
Sue, A Little Heroine|L. T. Meade
I'm soory fur the gel, but ef she had the locket, of course she tuk the locket.
Sue, A Little Heroine|L. T. Meade
It tuk de doctor an' a powerful lot o' medicine ter sot me up agin, an' I was kin' o' porely fer a long time.
The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives|Elizabeth Strong Worthington

This suddint bust of centiment on mi part, awoke the sleapin pieta of the trak pedlar, and he at wunst tuk me tu do for swarin.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw