Meaning

1 senses
  1. To move someone by means of a rickshaw.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom works as a rickshaw puller in Tokyo.

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  2. But the job of a rickshaw puller is not easy.

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  3. It is obvious that battery-driven rickshaws will consume electricity.

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  4. Despite the benefits, electric rickshaws should no longer be allowed to operate without proper regulations across the country.

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  5. Rickshaws are very rare in Algiers.

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Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), f

Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 /人力车 (rénlìchē)).

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Forms

rickshaws, rickshawing, rickshawed, rickshawed
Base formrickshaw · to rickshaw
3rd person singularrickshaws
Present participlerickshawing
Past simplerickshawed
Past participlerickshawed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrickshaw
he, she, itrickshaws

Past simpleLesson

all personsrickshawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rickshawed
he, she, ithas rickshawed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rickshaw

See also

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