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 Parents arrive with younger siblings in pushchairs and head out to watch the session that is due to start in 10 minutes. Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 July 2025 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
  • Step inside the taproom, and an original Optimist pram boat hanging from the ceiling speaks to the coastal side of Dunedin’s story.
    Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
  • This build comes with 1,048 pieces to create the beloved alien, his hover pram, and accessories like a Sorgan frog, shifter knob, and a cookie for Grogu to hold.
    Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • Twin Pines history The Janssen family said that Twin Pines started after World War II, and its first deliveries were made by horse and buggy.
    Emma George-Griffin, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
  • Current Russian strategy, for example, relies on small groups of troops on buggies, bikes, and foot advancing in the knowledge that most will not reach Ukrainian lines but that enough might to occupy some new ground.
    Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Every other Thursday through August 21, moms and their children in strollers can navigate through the entire park to get some cardio exercise.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2025
  • Similar to a stroller, the wheels on Aer’s Carry-on Max can be locked in place with the simple slide of a button located beneath the handles.
    Jamie Hergenrader, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • In another of Salinger’s images, a constraint on the form that the future will take is already there: Lynne M., eighteen, shares her bedroom with her toddler daughter, whose white crib—beneath which lies a jumble of shoes and other detritus—mirrors her mother’s narrow white-metal daybed.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 July 2025
  • Consumer Product Safety Regulators: The Supreme Court allowed President Trump to fire the three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a five-member group that monitors the safety of items like toys, cribs and electronics.
    Mara Hvistendahl, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • His first time down there, he was appalled to discover it was filled with a thick layer of dust, and the clutter of bicycles and a baby carriage.
    Orly Halpern, Time, 18 June 2025
  • Stand at the top or bottom of the stairs, and watch the elderly and those struggling with canes, walkers, baby carriages and prostheses.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025

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“Pushchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushchair. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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