Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An abbreviated form of jinrikisha, in current colloquial use throughout the East.
Wiktionary
- n. A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person
- v. to move someone by means of a rickshaw (noun sense)
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person
Etymologies
- From Japanese 力車 (rikisha), an abbreviation for 人力車 (jinrikisha, "human-powered vehicle"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Her rickshaw is designed to record the conversations of her illustrious passengers, and she is rewarded based on what is overheard.”
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“He called a rickshaw and climbed in and sat chilly and lonely while the man dragged the vehicle along the slippery running streets.”
“Standing at the busy thoroughfares, those such as Yonge and King are here, you can see the policeman holding up his hand to regulate the traffic, because the old rickshaw is there, the taxi-bus is there, the auto is there, and in company with these you can see the man wheeling the wheelbarrow, all competing to see who shall get the first place in this modern traffic of the twentieth century.”
“We helped him to walk and presently, he called a rickshaw and got into it, thanking us profusely.”
“On the seat of his rickshaw was a white advertising sticker:”
“On calling a rickshaw I was much surprised to find that the man spoke English quite well.”
“You don't need permission to ride a rickshaw, which is why there are lots of drivers from outside the EU.”
“Travelling around India in a rickshaw might be a novelty for foreign travellers, and considering the steep price tag, is this targeted at Indians at all?”
“He calls his rickshaw robot his 32nd son and programmed the android to declare: 'Wu Yulu is my Dad, I take him out on the town.”
“The rickshaw is the most common form of transportation.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rickshaw’.
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
walking, bicycle, bus, train, motorcycle, airplane, car, truck, segway, limousine, roller coaster, wheelbarrow and 130 more...
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Pshaw, Hawkshaw!
Take the bashaw in the rickshaw, or no cumshaw for you.
pshaw, hawkshaw, bashaw, rickshaw, autorickshaw, scrimshaw, trishaw, cumshaw, cycle-rickshaw, crenshaw, kickshaw, hernshaw
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transportation
change, car, vehicle, cart, baggage, waiting room, ticket, bicycle, life jacket, railway, shared taxi, ferry and 27 more...
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Words that are fun to say
gerbil, spleen, rickshaw, ripley, crevis, you, po, hermes, girl, yo, reality, grockle and 8 more...
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parody's Words
defenestrate, behemoth, floss, macchiato, glom, emu, alpaca, crocheted, ampersand, charade, conflate, salacious and 193 more...
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justin's Words
braii, boerewors, lekker, viva, pap, lipodystrophy, lacticacidosis, sharp, chakalaka, defaulter, eish, oof and 256 more...
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Ute
Durable items invented by Hom. Sap.
alpenhorn, matchbox, plinth, pillow, cantilever, fulcrum, troika, cloverleaf, nib, wheelbarrow, dictabelt, cockpit and 184 more...
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Stuffie: Heave-Ho!
Stuffie #3. Stuff you pull.
wagon, leg, finger, door, prank, taffy, heist, stunt, lever, plunger, draught, plug and 46 more...
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Storm Thief
Words and phrases from Chris Wooding's book, Storm Thief.
chit, lean-to, panopticon, hobnail, periscope, shanty, flout, racket, lathe, dynamo, kiln, gurn and 44 more...
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Linguistic Perps
These words mean business. I dare you to pick a fight with these words. Or make fun of their shoes. The only way these words could possibly get any tougher would be for James Earl Jones to say them...
stein, boulder, cranium, blasphemy, crusher, sarcophagus, vengeance, banshee, pumice, crucible, purgatory, menace and 15 more...
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Fun with Aphesis
Words created by removing the beginning of a longer or original word or phrase. See also Fun with Apocopes.
phone, bus, drawing room, til, cello, squire, pike, cute, gypsy, mend, vanish, scapegoat and 22 more...
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The Barouche List: Need a Ride?
Bilby says I should have one. Even though most of these are on my other lists (the ones that weren't, I didn't really want to list).
barouche, buggy, carriage, cabriolet, randem, berlin, victoria, surrey, herdic, hansom, rockaway, cariole and 74 more...
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Human Powered Vehicles
Just like it says on the tin. I'll grant a little leeway for spurious things like gravity, air currents and whatnot to lend a hand.
rickshaw, unicycle, canoe, billycart, scooter, trishaw, hang-glider, bicycle, bobsled, toboggan, tandem, aquabike and 33 more...
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2. razred: Unit 7
leisure, worldwide, medieval, wildly, accustomed, common, pub, sticking point, whether, rickshaw, respond, poverty and 13 more...
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sueflay's Words
salmagundi, phi, illegible, beeriest, kakistocracy, rickshaw
Tweets
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reesetee Shortened from the Japanese jinrikisha: jin, man + riki, strength, power + sha, vehicle Oct 21, 2008
seanahan They were great in that Seinfeld episode. Jun 3, 2007
sueflay "Like a rickshaw getting pulled around by another rickshaw" - Modest Mouse Jun 2, 2007