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Vinony

carry-on

noun

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English carry ondeverb. English carry-on Deverbal from carry on.

  1. Taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.

    “It's a compact suitcase, but it makes a good carry-on bag.”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English carry ondeverb. English carry-on Deverbal from carry on.

  1. That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.

    “Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?”

  2. That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.

    “"THAT'S NOT MY CARRY-ON, THOSE WOULD NEVER GET THROUGH SECURITY. ALSO YOU'RE GROUNDED"”

  3. A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.

    “Sometimes all this carry-on about race, religion and sex seems so petty and silly that I cannot take it seriously.”

    “"I love salad",she dared when it came to the next course, and then inwardly cringed when it seemed that that was actually a special order and there was such a carry-on about what kind of salad she wanted.”