go-cart

noun

Definition of go-cartnext
as in buggy

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Recent Examples of go-cart Eager to sell the course and get his life back on track, Joe sets out to find a buyer who will maintain his uncle’s legacy but Darren, played by Swardson, the owner of the go-cart track across the street, has other plans. — Peter White, Deadline, 17 July 2026 Among the fee increases are for new licenses, which will go from $259 to $354 for amusement establishments, dance establishments and entertainment venues, with other hikes from $217 to $354 for carnival/go-cart centers. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026 Racing go-carts at Homestead track DeFrancesco, born in Canada but who moved to South Florida with his family as a child in 2008, started the company in 2023 with his friend Paul Glavine, a Canadian entrepreneur and investor. — Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 But these are four-seat bikes with train wheels that need pedal power to run on the tracks, a mix of go-carts and pedalbars. — John Tuohy, IndyStar, 8 May 2025 This popular Weld County spot has corn mazes, pedal go-carts, a beer garden, a slide mountain, tons of photo opps and more. — Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2024 Spend days exploring 100 miles of walking trails, fly fishing on the river, ride go-carts, learn horsemanship skills, and do mosaic workshops with your crew. — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go-cart
  1. buggy
  2. chariot
  3. buckboard
  4. roadster
  5. phaeton
  6. barouche
  7. chaise
  8. cab
Noun
  • The company operates driverless buggies that have no steering wheel or pedals, and feature four carriage-style seats that face inward, giving them a shuttle-like atmosphere.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Barns, open pastures, horses and buggies, and small towns define this stretch of Amish Country, offering a quiet change from the busy cities left behind.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026
Definition of buggy
Noun
  • Its own president has likened the shift to humanoid robots to a giant chariot that cannot be avoided.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Never mind that he was ejected from the chariot along the way; Nero was declared the winner.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of chariot
Noun
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Definition of buckboard
Noun
  • The boundary-pushing roadster will be the last series-production vehicle to leave the marque’s Molsheim atelier with a W-16 in the engine bay.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
  • The Polestar 5 sedan and Polestar 6 roadster the company also had in the works will likewise not reach American shores.
    — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of roadster
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Definition of phaeton
Noun
  • If Austen had ever conceived one of her novels as a Regency Bachelorette, with the suitors driving up in barouches, the unmarried heroine would have ordered them all to turn around and go home.
    — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • Guests arriving by train were met and returned to the station by an open barouche, a six-horse tallyho that brought them to the three-story-high wooden structure with a roof of gray-red-peach bottom slate, that was modeled after Swiss Alpine hotels.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
Definition of barouche
Noun
  • The depth, chaise length, and cushion fill are also customizable, making this more or less capable of delivering on the Couch of Your Dreams™.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026
  • This tropical mocktail is just begging for a spot by your chaise longe.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 2 July 2026
Definition of chaise
Noun
  • Journals and bottles of wine and sweaters and books, an extra bathing suit, a pair of shorts, left behind in taxi cabs and at friends’ places and in a small storage space on an island.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Eventually, like Odysseus, most people started to find their way home, hailing cabs and heading to the subway.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of cab

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