sulky : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sulky	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sulky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sulky adj sullen or moody Synonym(s): huffish, sulky moving slowly; "a sluggish stream" Synonym(s): sluggish, sulky depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" Synonym(s): glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky n a light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sulky \Sulk"y\, a. [Compar. {Sulkier}; superl. {Sulkiest}.] [See {Sulkiness}, and cf. {Sulky}, n.] Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic. Syn: See {Sullen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sulky \Sulk"y\, n.; pl. {Sulkies}. [From {Sulky}, a.; -- so called from the owner's desire of riding alone.] A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person. Note: Sulky is used adjectively in the names of several agricultural machines drawn by horses to denote that the machine is provided with wheels and a seat for the driver; as, sulky plow; sulky harrow; sulky rake, etc.