cart

Meanings

Noun

• A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
• A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
• A shopping cart.
• A tape cartridge used for pre-recorded material such as jingles and advertisements.
• A cartridge for a video game system.

Verb

• To carry or convey in a cart.
• To carry goods.
• To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.
• To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

Origin

• From Middle English cart, kart, from Old Norse kartr, akin to Old English cræt, from Proto-Germanic *krattaz, *krattijô, *kradō, from Proto-Indo-European *gret-, from *ger-. Cognate with West Frisian kret, Dutch krat, kret, German Krätze.