tuk-tukn.

/ˈtʊktʊk/

Forms: Also thuk thuk, tuk tuk, and as one word.

Etymology: Thai, < the sound made by the vehicle's two-stroke engine.

colloquial.

In Thailand, a motorized samlor.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage > three-wheeled, in Thailand

samlor1955

tuk-tuk1969

1969 ‘A. Cade’ Turn up Stone iii. 56 Decrepit three-wheeler taxis, known as tuk-tuks because of the noise they made.

1980 G. Nicol Thailand v. 123 My favourite form of transport is the thuk thuk, a small taxi with open sides, a fringed top and a noise that gives it its name. It also has little springing, so one bounces along in the fresh air trying not to notice the somewhat erratic driving methods.

1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 28 July 2 For many of his 59 years he has driven a samlor (Bangkok's motorized version of the rickshaw), which is called a ‘tuk tuk’ because of the noise it makes.

1988 New Scientist 25 Feb. 66/1 A dusty ride away—by tuktuk, a motorised rickshaw—lies..the elegant new Hotel Meridien.

1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 12/4 Many tuk-tuk drivers are undaunted when traffic comes to a standstill—they simply drive on the wrong side of the road towards approaching traffic.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	tuk-tuk
释义	tuk-tukn. /ˈtʊktʊk/ Forms: Also thuk thuk, tuk tuk, and as one word. Etymology: Thai, < the sound made by the vehicle's two-stroke engine. colloquial. In Thailand, a motorized samlor. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage > three-wheeled, in Thailand samlor1955 tuk-tuk1969 1969 ‘A. Cade’ Turn up Stone iii. 56 Decrepit three-wheeler taxis, known as tuk-tuks because of the noise they made. 1980 G. Nicol Thailand v. 123 My favourite form of transport is the thuk thuk, a small taxi with open sides, a fringed top and a noise that gives it its name. It also has little springing, so one bounces along in the fresh air trying not to notice the somewhat erratic driving methods. 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 28 July 2 For many of his 59 years he has driven a samlor (Bangkok's motorized version of the rickshaw), which is called a ‘tuk tuk’ because of the noise it makes. 1988 New Scientist 25 Feb. 66/1 A dusty ride away—by tuktuk, a motorised rickshaw—lies..the elegant new Hotel Meridien. 1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 12/4 Many tuk-tuk drivers are undaunted when traffic comes to a standstill—they simply drive on the wrong side of the road towards approaching traffic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1969
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