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choo-choo
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choo-choo  (chch)
n. pl. choo-choos Informal
A locomotive train.
[From baby-talk imitation of the sound of a locomotive whistle.]
choo-choo [ˈtʃuːˌtʃuː]
n
Brit a child's name for a railway train
[of imitative origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.choo-choochoo-choo - a child's word for locomotive        
locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive, engine - a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
Translations
choo-choo [ˈtʃuːtʃuː] N (Brit) (child language) → chu-chu m, tren m
choo-choo
n (baby-talk: = train) → Puffpuff f (baby-talk)


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For instance, Think Tank, 1993, is half Cat in the Hat, half a passionately staged Gomez Addams toy-train wreck: two choo-choos circumnavigate the brims of giant (nearly six-foot-tall), brightorange top hats that rest on the floor at slight angles so that the trains chug away on the inclines but plummet perilously on the slopes.
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