noun
rickshaw
RIHK-shaw
noun
1
A small two- or three-wheeled vehicle for one or two passengers, pulled or pedalled by a driver.
"We took a rickshaw through the crowded old-town streets."
How to Use Rickshaw
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small passenger cart pulled or pedalled by a person.
Common pairings
auto rickshaw
pedal rickshaw
Word Forms
rickshawed past tense, rickshaws plural, rickshaws singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese jinrikisha, literally "human-powered vehicle," later shortened to rikisha and adapted into English as rickshaw.