: a small motorized vehicle used especially for racing

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Bilicki began racing at four years old, starting with go-karts and moving to shifter karts by thirteen. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 And that’s on top of all the amenities found throughout the Poconos Mountains resort, which include indoor and outdoor pools, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, bumper boats and go-karts, disc and mini golf, and fishing docks. Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025 In homage to stock car racing’s roots in North Carolina, Red Bull Non-Stock 600 pits teams against one another in a go-kart race around an oval track. Avidxchange Music Factory, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025 Hit the race track with indoor karting Victory Lanes Karting in north Charlotte has an indoor go-kart track (each race is eight minutes long), axe throwing, an arcade, a virtual reality space and bowling. Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for go-kart 

Word History

Etymology

alteration of go-cart

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of go-kart was in 1957

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“Go-kart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go-kart. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

go-kart

noun
ˈgō-ˌkärt
: a small motorized vehicle used for racing

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