Meanings
plural go-carts · alternative gocart · alternative go-kart
- A small, open-wheeled vehicle for racing:
- A soapbox car for downhill racing or playful noncompetitive driving on flat terrain.
Beep-beep. Here comes Joey on his go-cart. That makes five bunnies.
1975, Richard Scarry, Best Counting Book Ever, page 101 more example
The Nut Farm is far away, but Benny says he will drive us if we can help him put the tires on his go-cart.
2005, Alison Inches (adapted), Big Sister Dora!, page 13
- datedA framework moving on casters, designed to support children as they learn to walk; a baby walker.
present singular third person go-carts · participle present go-carting · participle past go-carted · past go-carted · alternative gocart · alternative go-kart
- alternativeAlternative form of go-kart.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
nounwheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
nouna small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₁-
- Proto-Germanic*gāną
- Proto-West Germanic*gān
- Old Englishgān
- Middle Englishgon
- Englishgo
- Old Norsekartr
- Proto-Germanic*kradô
- Proto-West Germanic*krat
- Old Englishcræt
- Middle Englishcart
- Englishcart
- Englishgo-cart
Translations
Bulgarian проходилка, картинг
- проходилка (prohodilka)support for children as they learn to walk
- картинг (karting)a racing vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 卡丁車 /卡丁车, 高卡車 /高卡车
- 卡丁車 /卡丁车 (kǎdīngchē)a racing vehicle
- 高卡車 /高卡车 (gāokǎchē)a racing vehicle
Danish gokart, kart
- gokarta racing vehicle
- karta racing vehicle
Finnish mikroauto
- mikroautoa racing vehicle
French kart
- karta racing vehicle
German Gokart, Kart
- Gokarta racing vehicle
- Karta racing vehicle
Japanese ゴーカート, レーシングカート
- ゴーカート (gōkāto)a racing vehicle
- レーシングカート (rēshingukāto)a racing vehicle
- カート (kāto)a racing vehicle
Korean 레이싱 카트, 카트
- 레이싱 카트 (reising kateu)a racing vehicle
- 카트 (kateu)a racing vehicle
Malay go-kart
- go-karta racing vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål gokart
- gokarta racing vehicle
Polish gokart
- gokarta racing vehicle
Portuguese andadeira, kart
- andadeirasupport for children as they learn to walk
- karta racing vehicle
- cartea racing vehicle
Russian карт, ка́ртинг
- карт (kart)a racing vehicle
- ка́ртинг (kárting)a racing vehicle
Spanish kart
- karta racing vehicle
Swedish gokart, gocart
- gokarta racing vehicle
- gocarta racing vehicle
Tamil நடைவண்டி
- நடைவண்டி (naṭaivaṇṭi)support for children as they learn to walk
Cite this entry
go-cart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go-cart
“go-cart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go-cart. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go-cart,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go-cart.
Source: go-cart on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.