cart
nounverbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//kɑːt//
- United States//kɑɹt//
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.
noun
- 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.
We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.
- 2
A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
- 3
A shopping cart.
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart 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”).
verb
- 1
To carry or convey in a cart.
"You had better cart in your crops! To-morrow it'll be snowing!"
- 2
informalTo carry goods.
I've been carting these things around all day.
- 3
To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
On August 4, 1927, Della was carted away to the Norwalk State Hospital, suffering from acute myocarditis
Africans themselves practised slavery and an organised trade carted off African slaves to Middle Eastern countries while Europeans were still huddling in caves.
Everything was carted off to the dump by Buddy.
- 4
obsoleteTo expose in a cart by way of punishment.
She to intrigues was ev'n hard hearted: She chuckled when a bawd was carted
noun
- 1
informalA tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
- 2
informalA cartridge for a computer or video game system.
My Final Fantasy cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.
- 3
informalA cartridge containing cannabis oil or another drug for use in vape pens; a detachable clearomizer, usually threaded and prefilled.
Whoah! Where did you get a DMT cart?
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."
Vapes are a relatively new innovation, and at this point, the process of feeding cannabis oil to a heat source creates a few challenges for devices like disposable carts to overcome.
Etymology
Clipping of cartridge.
Forms
- plural
- carts
- past tense
- carted
- past participle
- carted
- present participle
- carting
- third person singular
- carts
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