verb · intransitive · rare

rickshaw

rickshaw · rickshaws · rickshawed · rickshawing

To move someone by means of a rickshawTo move someone by means of a rickshaw.

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/ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː/

» Tom works as a rickshaw puller in Tokyo.

Meaning

1 senses

To move someone by means of a rickshaw.

Examples

6 sentences

Tom works as a rickshaw puller in Tokyo.
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But the job of a rickshaw puller is not easy.
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It is obvious that battery-driven rickshaws will consume electricity.
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Despite the benefits, electric rickshaws should no longer be allowed to operate without proper regulations across the country.
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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 form	rickshaw · to rickshaw
3rd person singular	rickshaws
Present participle	rickshawing
Past simple	rickshawed
Past participle	rickshawed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	rickshaw
he, she, it	rickshaws

Past simpleLesson

all persons

rickshawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have rickshawed
he, she, it	has rickshawed

Future simple (will)Lesson