handcart

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noun

A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)

“Vendors were selling sunglasses, bagged snacks, and sundry other items from handcarts in the square.”

Similar
pushcartcartgo-cart
OriginEnglish cart ← Middle English cart ← Old English cræt →
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Meanings

nounhandcart (plural handcarts)

plural handcarts · alternative hand-cart · alternative hand cart

  1. A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)

    Vendors were selling sunglasses, bagged snacks, and sundry other items from handcarts in the square.

verbhandcart (third-person singular simple present handcarts, present participle handcarting, simple past and past participle handcarted)

present singular third person handcarts · participle present handcarting · participle past handcarted · past handcarted · alternative hand-cart · alternative hand cart

  1. transitiveTo transport in this kind of cart.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels

Similar
pushcartcartgo-cart
Broader
wheeled vehicle
Also see
cartgo-carthandbarrowpushcart

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*handuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*handu
  3. Old Englishhand
  4. Middle Englishhond
  5. Englishhand
  6. Old Norsekartr
  7. Proto-Germanic*kradô
  8. Proto-West Germanic*krat
  9. Old Englishcræt
  10. Middle Englishcart
  11. Englishcart
  12. Englishhandcart

From hand + cart.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian ръчна количка
  • ръчна количка (răčna količka)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Chinese Mandarin 手車 /手车, 手推車 /手推车
  • 手車 /手车 (shǒuchē)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
  • 手推車 /手推车 (shǒutuīchē)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
  • 手拉車 /手拉车 (shǒulāchē)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Dutch handkar
  • handkara cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Esperanto ĉareto
  • ĉaretoa cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Finnish käsikärry, käsikärryt
  • käsikärrya cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
  • käsikärryta cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
French charrette à bras, voiture à bras
  • charrette à brasa cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
  • voiture à brasa cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
German Handwagen, Handkarren
  • Handwagena cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
  • Handkarrena cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Japanese 手車, ハンドカート
  • 手車 (teguruma)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
  • ハンドカート (handokāto)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Korean 손수레
  • 손수레 (sonsure)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Polish taczka, wózek ręczny
  • taczkaa cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
  • wózek ręcznya cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Russian ручна́я теле́жка, теле́жка
  • ручна́я теле́жка (ručnája teléžka)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
  • теле́жка (teléžka)a cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand
Turkish el arabası
  • el arabasıa cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chantard
Cite this entry
APA

handcart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handcart

MLA

“handcart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handcart. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handcart,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handcart.

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