"choo-choo" meaning in English

See choo-choo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtʃuːˌtʃuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-choo-choo.wav Forms: choo-choos [plural]
Etymology: Imitative. Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-noun}} choo-choo (plural choo-choos)
  1. The sound made by a steam locomotive or ship. Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Sounds Translations (sound made by a steam locomotive): تُوت تُوت (tūt tūt) (Arabic), tšuhh-tšuhh (Estonian), tchou-tchou (French), sihuhu (Hungarian), si-hu-hu (Hungarian), ciuf ciuf (Italian), シュッシュッ (shusshut) (Japanese), ポッポッ (poppot) (Japanese), シュッポッポ (shuppoppo) (Japanese), シュッポ (shuppo) (Japanese), ガタンガトン (gatangatan) (Japanese), ガタンゴトン (gatangoton) (Japanese), tchu-tchu (Portuguese), чух (čux) (english: steam engine sound) (Russian), ту (tu) (english: train horn sound) (Russian), ду (du) (english: train horn sound) (Russian), tuff-tuff (Swedish), çuf çuf (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-choo-choo-en-noun--hHB7YNn Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 46 54 Disambiguation of Sounds: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'sound made by a steam locomotive': 79 21
  2. (childish) A locomotive, especially a train or ship. Tags: childish Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: choo-choo train
    Sense id: en-choo-choo-en-noun-lzpKHeQK Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 13 87 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: choochoo, choo choo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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