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choo-choo - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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 a steam locomotive .noun childish A railway locomotive .noun childish A railway train . (Also called a choo-choo train )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From baby-talk imitation of the sound of a locomotive whistle.]
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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.
RoboNurse: Coming soon to a hospital near you? 2011
So does the choo-choo train he gets to ride in when it pulls up!
Think Progress » Former McCain adviser Mark Zandi: The ‘stimulus was key’ to the strong 4th quarter growth of U.S. economy. 2010
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
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.
RoboNurse: Coming soon to a hospital near you? 2011
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
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
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
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
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
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.
RoboNurse: Coming soon to a hospital near you? 2011
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