Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handcar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: hand-car
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism

Example Sentences

"Yours goes up and mine goes down / and then we do it the other way around. / Don't you give me that sigh, cause if we can't see eye-to-eye / then our missions will be always filled with strife, / cause a handcar is a metaphor for life."
"A small handcar rested on the tracks, its iron pump waiting for a human touch to animate it."

Etymology

From hand + car.

Inflected Forms

handcars (plural)

Synonyms

jigger Kalamazoo pump car pump trolley

Questions

What does handcar mean?: A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism
Where does handcar come from?: From hand + car.

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