CARRY-ON Definition & Meaning

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carry-on

[ kar-ee-on, -awn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane:
carry-on luggage.

noun

a piece of carry-on luggage.

carry on

verb

intr to continue or persevere
we must carry on in spite of our difficulties
tr to manage or conduct
to carry on a business
informal.
introften foll bywith to have an affair
informal.
intr to cause a fuss or commotion

noun

informal.
a fuss or commotion

adjective

(of luggage) to be taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of carry-on¹

First recorded in 1950–55; adj., noun use of verb phrase carry on

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On a flight to Miami last summer, a laptop in a carry-on bag started smoking, causing the evacuation of the flight while it was still at the gate; three passengers were injured.

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They pulled out the skull that authorities said they had secreted inside a jacket in their carry-on luggage.

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A woman flying from Los Angeles to Pennsylvania wound up on the TSA’s naughty list after an officer discovered a trove of almost 90 forbidden items inside her carry-on.

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I’d seen his face once before in the background of the Netflix action movie, “Carry-On.”

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I carry these treasures home each year in a frozen plastic tub tucked in my carry-on, feeling their weight as more than confection.

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