chiefly British
as in pram
a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in a fun festival that appeals to adults as well as tots in pushchairs

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Recent Examples of pushchair Parents arrive with younger siblings in pushchairs and head out to watch the session that is due to start in 10 minutes. Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 July 2025 Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers. David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024 Riley’s custom pushchair, designed by Adaptive Star,has no gears but does have a safety brake to slow downhill runs. Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023 Finding a travel-friendly buggy only adds to the pushchair pressure. Stirling Kelso, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushchair
Noun
  • What message would that send to those same players: throw your toys out of the pram and get your move?
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Photos from Kate McLeod's TikTok video of her daughter, Nora, smiling, and pushing a pram, right.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To be frank, many of the early devices on the market weren't very good—Valve’s Steam Deck kicked off a wave of PC manufacturers looking to compete with the Nintendo Switch, but many of the offerings were rushed, buggy, or just not a great way to play games.
    Brad Bourque, Wired News, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Accounts axed abruptly About a year ago, claims of Dictionary.com’s apps being buggy surfaced online.
    Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • The second airport in the top ten, Latvia's Riga Airport (AIX), has 12 restaurants, three play areas, four nursing rooms, rentable strollers, and family-friendly security.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Gaping holes in the ceilings exposed the building’s structure, with water still pouring through, soaking what remained — a stroller, a pair of socks, boxing gloves hanging on the wall.
    Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • A little prince is on the way coming to a crib near you.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • From left: Caroline Watkins Caudell's dogs greet her baby in the crib in the morning.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • The family received many charitable donations from the community amid their birth in the Great Depression era, including a rent-free home, a custom baby carriage and money, according to the paper.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 July 2025
  • His first time down there, he was appalled to discover it was filled with a thick layer of dust, and the clutter of bicycles and a baby carriage.
    Orly Halpern, Time, 18 June 2025

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“Pushchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushchair. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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