choo choo train

Kid's rail engine

A choo choo train is a child's word for a locomotive or railroad train, imitating the sound of a steam engine.

The term belongs to baby talk and the language adults use with small children: Do you want to go see the choo choo trains?

Sometimes shortened to just choo choo.

Related

chugga chugga · coal car · whistle · play time · steam · engine · track · crossing gate · signal lights · freight · conductor · passenger · boxcar · nursery · level crossing · bogie · wheels · tunnel

Opposites
register/formality

choo choo trainlocomotive

Railway pulling machine

rail transport · rolling stock · railway carriage · freight train · passenger rail

mode of transportation

choo choo trainairplane

Powered flying machine

car · ship · bicycle · walking · spaceship

technological era

choo choo trainbullet train

High-velocity passenger locomotive

high-speed rail · maglev · Shinkansen · TGV · hyperloop

Family

train, trains, trained, training, trainer, trainee, retrain, retraining

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G