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hand·cart H0041700 (hănd′kärt′)n. A small, usually two-wheeled cart pulled or pushed by hand.handcart (ˈhændˌkɑːt) n (Automotive Engineering) a simple cart, usually with one or two wheels, pushed or drawn by handhand•cart (ˈhændˌkɑrt) n. a small cart drawn or pushed by hand. [1630–40] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | handcart - wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries"pushcart, cart, go-cartapplecart - a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the streetgarden cart, lawn cart, wheelbarrow, barrow - a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheelshandgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"hand truck, truck - a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objectslaundry cart - handcart for moving a load of laundryserving cart - a handcart for serving foodshopping cart - a handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shoppingwheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" | Translationshandcart
go to hell in a handcartTo be in an extremely and increasingly bad or ruinous condition; to be on the inevitable path to utter failure or ruin. With this new president in office, our country is going to go to hell in a handcart! After our funding was cut, our project went to hell in a handcart.See also: go, handcart, hellgo to hell in a handbasketTo be in an extremely and increasingly bad or ruinous condition; to be on the inevitable path to utter failure or ruin. With the way he's running things, the company is going to hell in a handbasket! After our funding was cut, our project went to hell in a handbasket.See also: go, handbasket, hellgo to hell in a handbasket undergo a rapid process of deterioration. North American informal This expression has been recorded since the early 20th century; variants of it include go to hell in a handcart and go to hell in a basket . 1990 Nature Conservancy I read widely on environmental issues and often feel that ‘the world is going to hell in a handbasket’. See also: go, handbasket, hellgo to hell in a handbasketHeading for trouble. The expression might possibly have been inspired by the heads of decapitated prisoners falling or being dumped into handbaskets or handcarts. The “handbasket” alliteration following “going to hell” caught on and was applied to anyone whose behavior was likely to lead to an unhappy consequence.See also: go, handbasket, hellhandcart
handcart a simple cart, usually with one or two wheels, pushed or drawn by hand MedicalSeecarthandcart
Synonyms for handcartnoun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a personSynonymsRelated Words- applecart
- garden cart
- lawn cart
- wheelbarrow
- barrow
- handgrip
- handle
- grip
- hold
- hand truck
- truck
- laundry cart
- serving cart
- shopping cart
- wheeled vehicle
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