tonga

noun

Definition of tonganext
as in chariot

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonga
  1. chariot
  2. cab
  3. buckboard
  4. landau
  5. phaeton
  6. stagecoach
  7. surrey
  8. buggy
Noun
  • Board track racing was the beginning of that culture and in terms of motorsport, think of board track racing as the missing link to the original Roman chariot races which pioneered wheeled sport.
    Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
  • As of this writing, Starman and his Tesla chariot have traveled around the sun four times.
    Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of chariot
Noun
  • More notable changes come in the cabs of the trucks.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • And in order to ensure a full, 360-degree view of the world, John Deere added 16 cameras all around the cab of the tractor that provide for triple overlapping feeds.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of cab
Noun
  • Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Definition of buckboard
Noun
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Definition of landau
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Definition of phaeton
Noun
  • Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Elijah Robertson House Elijah Robertson, the nephew of Gen. James Robertson, built a stagecoach stop and tavern at 7704 Old Charlotte Avenue sometime around 1820.
    Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of stagecoach
Noun
  • When Tran rang it, Daisy and Kelsey pulled up in a surrey.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The clanging warning that a family in a four-wheel surrey pedicab is rolling up behind you.
    Tim Ebner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Definition of surrey
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
Definition of buggy
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