sulky

See sulk.

The vehicle is so called as it obliges the rider to be alone, as though sulking.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌlki/

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sulky (comparative sulkier, superlative sulkiest)

1. (often derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset

   the sulky child

   • 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

     Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, “I’m older than you, and must know better.” And this Alice would not allow, without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.

   Synonyms: sullen, morose

• sulkiness

sulky (plural sulkies)

1. A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing.
2. Any carriage seating only the driver.

• → Dutch: sulky

Borrowed from English sulky.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏl.ki/

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• Hyphenation: sul‧ky
• Rhymes: -ʏlki

sulky m (plural sulky's, no diminutive)

1. sulky (light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing)

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “sulky”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “sulky”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

• Sulky (paardensport) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Unadapted borrowing from English sulky.

sulky n (uncountable)

1. sulky

sulky c

1. a sulky (used in harness racing)
2. (US) a stroller, (UK) a pushchair

   Synonym: (possibly larger) barnvagn

• sulky in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sulky in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sulky in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)