choo-choo

choo-choo [choo-choo]Baby Talk. ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a train.
2. the sound of a steam locomotive.

verb (used without object), choo-chooed, choo-choo·ing.

3. to make a sound like that made by a steam locomotive.
4. to travel by train.

Origin of choo-choo First recorded in 1900–05; imitative Examples from the Web for choo-choo Historical Examples of choo-choo

But Ozoneville was recommended to give tone to Choo-choo’s nerves.

Mr. Punch’s History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.

Charles L. Graves

There dearie, dont you want to go in the choo-choo cars to see Mamma?

Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer

Rena I. Halsey

At what station do I climb onto the choo-choo cars, or at what water-tank do I get thrown off?

Smoke Bellew

Jack London

There was a little cabin in it, and seats out on deck, and a little engine that went “choo-choo!”

Uncle Wiggily’s Adventures

Howard R. Garis

It was evident that this was a sort of signal or watchword among the members of the Order of Choo-Choo.

Baseball Joe on the School Nine

Lester Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for choo-choo choo-choo noun

1. British a child’s name for a railway train

Word Origin for choo-choo C20: of imitative origin Word Origin and History for choo-choo n.

Child’s name for “steam-engine locomotive,” 1895, echoic (choo-choo cars is attested from 1891).