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Definition of Choo-choo
1. Noun. A child's word for locomotive.
Definition of Choo-choo
1. Noun. (childish) The sound made by a steam locomotive. ¹
2. Noun. (childish) A railway locomotive. ¹
3. Noun. (childish) A railway train. (Also called a choo-choo train) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choo-choo
Literary usage of Choo-choo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reading in the Primary Grades by Frances Jenkins (1915)
"Choo, choo!— Pretty soon she saw a big steam engine standing on a side track.
... Choo,choo! Choo,choo! — Soon she came to a second big steam engine ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1912)
"Choo choo book. il. in col. f°. 40 c. Saalfield. Choo choo ser. il. in ...
—Choo choo book.—Funny colored animals. Christ; introd. to the life of, Hill. ..."
3. The Riverside Readers by James Hixon Van Sickle, Wilhelmina Seegmiller (1911)
"Choo, choo! Choo, choo! Choo, choo! — Soon she came to a second big steam engine
standing on a side track. He was puffing and puffing, as if he were tired. ..."
4. The Pamirs: Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on by Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore (1893)
"... descent—Beautiful grass Country—Kichik Ilak— Kirghiz encampment—Civility of
Natives—Tahm—-Caravan stopped by flooded Elvers—Explore Choo-Choo Pass and ..."
5. First Steps in Mental Growth: A Series of Studies in the Psychology of Infancy by David R. Major (1906)
"Another and simpler explanation of the child's exclamation would be to say that
the only revival was the verbal expression " choo-choo " which had become ..."
6. A Study of a Child by Louise Eleanor (Shimer) Hogan (1898)
"... big choo-choo, little choo-choo," again noting difference. When dressed in
the morning now he goes to the door and calls, " Annie come and talk a you. ..."
7. A Levantine Log-book by Jerome Alfred Hart (1905)
"They had just reached town the day before, and were leaving the day after.
Choo-Choo Charley (let us call him) had been dragging his "women folks" up and ..."
8. All That's Kentucky: An Anthology by Josiah Henry Combs (1915)
"So Ah slips down in de evenin', when de cows begins to moo, An' creeps up clost
to whar he sleeps; an' dis is what Ah do: *"Wh-rr; choo-choo; choo-choo—", ..."
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