tonga

noun

Definition of tonganext
as in chariot

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Recent Examples of tonga Hire a tonga and allow your tongawallah to guide you to Lucknow’s best spots. — Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonga
  1. chariot
  2. cab
  3. buckboard
  4. landau
  5. phaeton
  6. stagecoach
  7. surrey
  8. 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 trucks already haul sand to oil and gas well sites without anyone inside the cab.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The cab looks fairly conventional, and the aero wheels fitted on will likely help with range.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cab
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
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Definition of landau
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
  • The last ducked behind a replica stagecoach on display inside.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The route was once a path for stagecoaches and mail coaches known as the Great North Road, but by 1983 it had been superseded by the faster M1 motorway.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
Definition of stagecoach
Noun
  • Already open in the development are a seafood market and restaurant, a bike and surrey rental service, the LA Maritime Institute and whale watching and harbor cruises.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The clanging warning that a family in a four-wheel surrey pedicab is rolling up behind you.
    — Tim Ebner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Definition of surrey
Noun
  • Thankfully, shopping for these open-air buggies is much more straightforward than shopping for any other vehicle.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of buggy

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