Usually means: Luggage brought into airplane cabin.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word carry-on:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. carry-on: Merriam-Webster
  2. carry-on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carry-on, carry-on: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Carry-On, Carry-on, carry-on: Wordnik
  5. carry-on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. carry-on: Wiktionary
  7. carry-on: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. carry-on: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. carry-on: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. carry-on: Dictionary.com
  11. carry-on: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. carry-on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. carry-on: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Carry-on: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. carry-on: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.
noun:  That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane (or a ferry, etc.) with a passenger, rather than checked.
noun:  A bag, suitcase, etc., used to carry this luggage or baggage.
noun:  (countable, British, New Zealand) A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.

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