Tipcart

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A wheeled vehicle with a body that can be tilted backward so its load slides or spills out
2. A small cart designed to dump its contents by tipping the carrying bed to one side
3. A two-wheeled or four-wheeled hauling cart whose container pivots to unload material

Etymology: The word is a plain compound: "tip" joined to "cart," with the two parts meaning exactly what they say. A "tipcart" is a cart whose load-bearing container can be tipped forward or sideways so that its contents slide or pour out, usually at a dumping site, which is why the device is named for the action that defines it. The verb "tip" has a long history in English of meaning to tilt or overturn, and "cart" is an older word for a simple two- or four-wheeled hauling vehicle. Joining them produces a name that describes the mechanism without any further twist, so there is little more to the word than its parts.

Synonyms: dump cart, dumper