carry-on

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Rhymes with -æɹiɑn (cot–caught merger)

Deverbal from carry on.

not comparable Taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked. It's a compact suitcase, but it makes a good carry-on bag.

countable, uncountable That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked. Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?
countable, uncountable A bag, suitcase, etc., used to carry this luggage or baggage. "THAT'S NOT MY CARRY-ON, THOSE WOULD NEVER GET THROUGH SECURITY. ALSO YOU'RE GROUNDED"
New Zealand, UK, countable A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation. Sometimes all this carry-on about race, religion and sex seems so petty and silly that I cannot take it seriously.