tuk-tuk
/ˈtʊktʊk
/noun
(In Thailand) a three-wheeled motorized vehicle used as a taxi.So said she had fallen asleep in a tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled taxi cab....
- We took a ferryboat with a group of saffron-robed monks and rode in tuk-tuks, the three-wheeled motor carts used to maneuver tourists through traffic.
- New York has millions of yellow cabs, Bangkok has tuk-tuks… and London has the famous black London taxi.
Origin
Imitative.