chiefly British
as in pram
a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in a fun festival that appeals to adults as well as tots in pushchairs

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Recent Examples of pushchair Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers. David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024 Riley’s custom pushchair, designed by Adaptive Star,has no gears but does have a safety brake to slow downhill runs. Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023 Finding a travel-friendly buggy only adds to the pushchair pressure. Stirling Kelso, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2022
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Noun
  • Once upon a time, Ronaldo would have been prone to a strop — comically throwing his toys out of the pram and throwing his arms about as his team-mates looked on at one of the greatest players ever losing his head.
    Elias Burke, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Our four-month-old slept in his pram by the pool while our oldest drank mocktails, took Thai boxing lessons and collected shells from the beach.
    MaryLou Costa, contributor, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Once removed from app stores, users won’t be able to download updates to TikTok, and the app could become more buggy and difficult to use over time.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The city’s street traffic committee studied what happened when police officers stopped directing street cars, buggies and automobiles at busy intersections, including this one.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After that, the sisters mostly wheeled their babies around in black strollers.
    Jordan Salama, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • San Franciscans had fun with it, marking historic firsts: The San Francisco Chronicle recorded the first person to walk across the bridge on stilts, pushing a stroller, on roller skates, on a unicycle and while playing a tuba.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
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  • Best known for their super sofa bedding, Cozy Earth is replacing items lost in the fire. Newton, known for crib mattresses is offering order replacements.
    Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • One directs providers to place a blanket in every crib, even though the state prohibits using blankets to reduce the risk of SIDS.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Filmmakers from Denis Villeneuve to Brian De Palma have paid homage to the film's famous scene of a baby carriage careening down the staircase.
    Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Project Sidewalk– Use your mobile device to report the condition of city sidewalks to improve navigation for anyone using wheeled transport, especially wheelchairs, but also grocery carts, baby carriages, delivery dollies and wheeled luggage.
    Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Pushchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushchair. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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