Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A locomotive train.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Baby talk a train or a locomotive; -- a child's word.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun childish The
sound made by asteam locomotive . - noun childish A
railway locomotive . - noun childish A
railway train . (Also called achoo-choo train )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a child's word for locomotive
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now, Goldrick says, TUGs decorated like trains — even programmed to say "choo-choo" — do the heavy lifting, so food service workers can interact more with patients and their families.
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So does the choo-choo train he gets to ride in when it pulls up!
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Visions were conjured of the back yard of 10 Downing Street... the two Brown toddlers playing choo-choo trains with the two Murdoch boys some thirty years older all four boys in short trousers -- while daddies Rupert and Gordon sat enjoying a glass of Australian Chardonnay and discussing details of Britain's debt crisis.
Martin Lewis: A Big Pile of Murdoch: The Ultimate Legacy of Rupert Merde... Martin Lewis 2011
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Now, Goldrick says, TUGs decorated like trains — even programmed to say "choo-choo" — do the heavy lifting, so food service workers can interact more with patients and their families.
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At eight the next morning, Johnnie put her on what looked like an old-fashioned toy choo-choo train, known as the SEAC Special, which the Americans affectionately called the “Toonerville Trolley.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Mango-fried pawpaws reminded Jones of Africa -- of choo-choo trains, black nationalists, and wounded lions twitching in the bush.
David Macaray: Double Agents David Macaray 2011
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But at least pronounce them with the "h" sound rather than the "ch" sound as in Cheney or choo-choo.
Rabbi Jason Miller: Michele Bachmann's Choot-spa Moment Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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But at least pronounce them with the "h" sound rather than the "ch" sound as in Cheney or choo-choo.
Rabbi Jason Miller: Michele Bachmann's Choot-spa Moment Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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Mango-fried pawpaws reminded Jones of Africa -- of choo-choo trains, black nationalists, and wounded lions twitching in the bush.
David Macaray: Double Agents David Macaray 2011
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Now, Goldrick says, TUGs decorated like trains — even programmed to say "choo-choo" — do the heavy lifting, so food service workers can interact more with patients and their families.
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