cart

 
Pronunciation: /kɑːt/

noun

  • a strong open vehicle with two or four wheels, typically used for carrying loads and pulled by a horse: a horse and cart
  • a shallow open container on wheels that may be pulled or pushed by hand.
  • (also shopping cart) North American a supermarket trolley.

verb

[with object]
  • 1convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle: the meat was pickled in salt and carted to El Paso
  • 2 [with object and adverbial of direction] informal carry (a heavy or cumbersome object) somewhere with difficulty: they carted the piano down three flights of stairs
  • remove or convey (someone) somewhere unceremoniously: they were carted off to the nearest police station
  • Cricket hit (the ball) with a powerful stroke that sends it a long way: he carted Sinfield for six

Phrases

in the cart

British informal in trouble or difficulty: if he didn’t finish the round the whole team would be in the cart

put the cart before the horse

reverse the proper order or procedure of something.

Derivatives

carter

noun

cartful

noun (plural cartfuls)

Origin:

Middle English: from Old Norse kartr, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carete, diminutive of carre (see car)