What does Sulky mean?

Definitions for Sulky
ˈsʌl kisulky

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sulkyadjective

    a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse

  2. huffish, sulkyadjective

    sullen or moody

  3. sluggish, sulkyadjective

    moving slowly

    "a sluggish stream"

  4. glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulkyadjective

    depressingly dark

    "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic"

Wiktionary

  1. sulkynoun

    A low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing.

  2. sulkynoun

    Any carriage seating only the driver.

  3. sulkyadjective

    (often derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset

    the sulky child

Wikipedia

  1. Sulky

    A sulky is a lightweight cart with two wheels and a seat for the driver, generally pulled by horses or dogs. With horses, a sulky is used for harness racing. The term is also used for an arch-mounted cart on wheels or crawler tracks, used in logging, or other types of vehicle having wheels and usually a seat for the driver, such as a plough, lister or cultivator.

ChatGPT

  1. sulky

    Sulky is an adjective used to describe someone who is gloomy, bad-tempered, and often silent due to disappointment, resentment, or a similar negative emotion. It can also refer to a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in harness races.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sulkynoun

    moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic

  2. Sulkyadjective

    a light two-wheeled carriage for a single person

  3. Etymology: [From Sulky, a.; -- so called from the owner's desire of riding alone.]

Wikidata

  1. Sulky

    A sulky is a lightweight cart having two wheels and a seat for the driver only but usually without a body, generally pulled by horses or dogs, and is used for harness races. The term is also used for a light stroller, an arch mounted on wheels or crawler tracks and used in logging, or other types of vehicle having wheels and usually a seat for the driver, such as a plough, lister or cultivator.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Sulky

    A two-wheeled carriage for a single person, so called from the popular idea at the time of its introduction that anyone who wished to ride alone could not be otherwise than morose and sulky in his disposition.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sulky in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sulky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Sulky in a Sentence

  1. Quentin Hart:

    From McKenna Pro Photography, from John Deere, which is a global company, to The Sulky, which creates high-end buggies, they're taking their time and they're making masks for our communities, we've seen the resiliency, we've seen incredible business acumen, and people be able to change on the go, on the fly to make things happen for our safety.

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