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handcart.

A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)
Vendors were selling sunglasses, bagged snacks, and sundry other items from handcarts in the square.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart English handcart From hand + cart.

verb

To transport in this kind of cart.
transitive

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.