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tuk tuk

tuk tuk is the alternative spelling of tuk-tuk.

Meaning of tuk-tuk

Noun

tuk-tuk (plural tuk-tuks)

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

Forms of tuk tuk

pluraltuk tuks

Questions about tuk tuk

What is tuk tuk the alternative spelling of?
Tuk tuk is the alternative spelling of tuk-tuk.

Words near tuk tuk in the dictionary

  1. Tujia
  2. Tujias
  3. Tujunga
  4. Tujunga Wash
  5. tuk
  6. tuk tuk
  7. tuk tuks
  8. tuk-tuk
  9. tuk-tuks
  10. Tukanoan
  11. tukdam

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