(in Thailand) a three-wheeled motorized vehicle used as a taxi.
（泰国）三轮机动出租车
Example sentencesExamples
Most Thai people opt for a tuk-tuk - a covered three-wheeled cross between a motorbike and a car, which serves as a taxi - or a moped.
New York has millions of yellow cabs, Bangkok has tuk-tuks… and London has the famous black London taxi.
The train is not only faster and cleaner, but with an operating sound output of 0.1dB, is also significantly quieter than buses or the precarious three wheeled tuk-tuks.
We took a ferryboat with a group of saffron-robed monks and rode in tuk-tuks, the three-wheeled motor carts used to maneuver tourists through traffic.
So said she had fallen asleep in a tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled taxi cab.
Origin
Imitative.
Definition of tuk-tuk in US English:
tuk-tuk
nounˈto͝okto͝ok
(in Thailand) a three-wheeled motorized vehicle used as a taxi.
（泰国）三轮机动出租车
Example sentencesExamples
Most Thai people opt for a tuk-tuk - a covered three-wheeled cross between a motorbike and a car, which serves as a taxi - or a moped.
So said she had fallen asleep in a tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled taxi cab.
New York has millions of yellow cabs, Bangkok has tuk-tuks… and London has the famous black London taxi.
We took a ferryboat with a group of saffron-robed monks and rode in tuk-tuks, the three-wheeled motor carts used to maneuver tourists through traffic.
The train is not only faster and cleaner, but with an operating sound output of 0.1dB, is also significantly quieter than buses or the precarious three wheeled tuk-tuks.