WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
char•rette
(shə ret′),USA pronunciation n.
- a final, intensive effort to finish a project, esp. an architectural design project, before a deadline.
- French: cart, Old French, equivalent. to char chariot, wagon (see car1) + -ette -ette, from the idea of speed of wheels
- 1965–70
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