WHEELBARROW


Meaning of WHEELBARROW in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: Middle English whelbarewe, from whel wheel + barewe barrow — more at barrow (cart)

1. : a small vehicle with handles and one or more wheels for carrying small loads ; especially : a vehicle with a single wheel suspended between the ends of two shafts that support a boxlike body and serve as handles at the rear — compare barrow , handbarrow

2. : an exercise in which a person walks on his hands with his body supported in an inclined position by another who holds his legs in the manner of the handles of a wheelbarrow

the children play wheelbarrow at the party

II. transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

: to convey or transport in a wheelbarrow

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