See also: tuk tuk and tuktuk

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From Thai ตุ๊ก ๆ (dtúk-dtúk), onomatopoeic for the sound of its two-stroke engine.

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tuk-tuk (plural tuk-tuks)

  1. A motorized rickshaw, especially Southeast Asia or India.
    • 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 17:
      Photographs containing blurry night shots from Kao San Road, as well as one where a tuk tuk almost hits an elephant.

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Portuguese

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Unadapted borrowing from English tuk-tuk.

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tuk-tuk m (plural tuk-tuks)

  1. Alternative form of tuque-tuque
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