verb (used without object)
3.
to make a sound like that made by a steam locomotive.
4.
to travel by train.
Origin:
1900–05; imitative
1900–05; imitative
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| —n | |
| (Brit) a child's name for a railway train | |
| [C20: of imitative origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
choo-choo
echoic nursery name for "steam-engine locomotive," 1903.
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