tuk-tuk, noun
/ˈtʌktʌk/
- Forms:
- Also tuc-tuc, and with initial capital.
- Origin:
- ThaiShow more Thai, echoic, for the sound made by the vehicle’s two-stroke engine.
A three-wheeled taxi, being an adapted scooter, with covered seating for two or three passengers. Also attributive.
- Note:
- Similar vehicles are used in South and South-East Asia. Fleets were introduced first in Durban and later in Cape Town.
1988 Daily News 11 July 4With its ‘Tuk-tuks’ and ‘Mynahs’, Durban is getting to grips with the transport needs of the eighties.
1990 Sunday Times 2 Dec. (Mag. Sect.) 40Enjoy the surf and sand, ride on the tuc-tucs, paraglide and jetski off Addington Beach.
A three-wheeled taxi, being an adapted scooter, with covered seating for two or three passengers. Also attributive.
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