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truck¹ Definition

truck (truk)

noun

  1. Historical a small, solid wheel or roller, esp. one for a gun carriage
  2. a small, wooden block or disk with holes for halyards, esp. one at the top of a flagpole or mast
  3. a kind of barrow, consisting of an open frame with a pair of wheels at one end and handles at the other, used to carry trunks, crates, etc.
  4. any of various low frames or platforms on wheels, sometimes motor-driven, for carrying heavy articles, as in a warehouse
  5. ☆ an automotive vehicle for hauling loads along highways, streets, etc.; motor truck
  6. a swiveling frame with two or more pairs of wheels, usually provided with brakes and springs, forming the wheel unit under each end of a railroad car, streetcar, etc.
  7. Brit. an open railroad freight car

Etymology: < ? L trochus, a hoop < Gr trochos, a wheel, disk: see troche

transitive verb

to carry or transport on a truck or trucks

intransitive verb

  1. to do trucking
  2. to drive a truck as one's work

truck¹ Idioms

truck (on) down

☆

Slang to walk in a carefree, leisurely manner; stroll

truck² Definition

truck (truk)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to exchange; barter
  2. Rare to peddle

Etymology: ME trukken < MFr troquer, to exchange, barter < ?

noun

  1. barter
  2. payment of wages in goods produced instead of money
  3. small commercial articles
  4. small articles of little value
  5. ☆ vegetables raised for sale in markets
  6. Informal dealings have no further truck with them
  7. Informal trash; rubbish

Etymology: Anglo-Fr truke < MFr troque < the v.

truck Synonyms

truck

n.

  1. An automotive vehicle for hauling

    carriage, van, lorry (British), car, autotruck, automobile truck, buggy*, semi*, eighteen-wheeler*, rig*, crate*, boat*; see also vehicle 1, wagon.

    Types of trucks include: delivery wagon, moving van, police van, patrol wagon, fire truck, fire engine, laundry truck, pickup truck, forklift, tractor, freight truck, logging truck, army truck, trailer, semitrailer, piggyback*, piggyback truck, piggyback trailer, truck trailer, truck and trailer, truck train, flatbed truck, tow truck, cement mixer, refrigerator truck, panel truck, snubnose truck, one-unit truck, freighter, garbage truck, dump truck, diesel-powered truck, chain-drive truck, amphibious truck, duck*, half-track, mechanized landing craft (LCM), landing craft for vehicles and personnel (LCVP), landing vehicle track (LVT), trac*, amtrac*, water buffalo*, alligator*.

  2. A small vehicle for moving heavy loads

    cart, handtruck, warehouse truck, platform truck, wagon, wheelbarrow, dumpcart, pushcart, dray, dolly, handbarrow.

  3. *Rubbish

    trivia, snippets, junk; see trash 3.

  4. *Vegetables

    garden varieties, summer crops, crops, potatoes, onions, carrots, greens; see also crop, produce, vegetable.

truck Synonyms

truck

v.

  1. To send by truck

    ship, haul, drive, transport, cart, carry, take a load, freight; see also send 1.

  2. To traffic in

    peddle, deal in, handle; see exchange 1, sell 1.

truck Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • fork: Bar code readers fitted to all fork lift trucks automatically read the barcode information from each pallet.
  • refrigerate: Trucks NI Armstrong Commercials website trucks NI provides details of their latest stock of refrigerated trucks, rigid trucks and other HGV vehicles.
  • articulate: He's succeeded in pushing, single-handed, his 19 ton articulated truck for a distance of 80ft.
  • tow: Latest premium electrical specialists towing truck mono/polyphonic ringtones Premium ringtones sent to your phone for as little as $ 1 each!
  • hijack: Diet guru Sherman will hijack a pastry truck and over-indulge after discovering his wife left him and cleaned him out.

Adjective modifier

  • flatbed: A relatively modern 1958 Ford flatbed truck with bunks cobbled from scrap steel hauled the necessarily short logs to the mill.
  • overland: We are traveling in a huge overland truck ( which can be very bumpy at times ) and staying at campsites.
  • armored: You can buy drinks for the entire bar because you have an armored truck full of money parked behind the bar.
  • loaded: The new machine was used for shunting, and had enough power to push three loaded trucks along the tramway at a time.
  • 4x4: I know people may not know I'm working on an off road project for competition just a ( 400hp 4x4 mini truck ).
  • heavy-duty: From the year 2000 to 2005, Ford has sold about 750,000 heavy-duty pickup trucks.

Modifies a noun

  • driver: Truck drivers, delivery men, workers from Severn Trent.
  • camper: Like the once humble travel trailer, the truck camper or pop up.. .
  • buddy: New friends, new adventures, vintage toy trucks buddy l and new secrets - - - the journey begins here.

Noun used with modifier

  • forklift: Q: Does cold weather affect forklift truck gas?
  • pickup: From there he was taken away in a Toyota pickup truck accompanied by two armed men.
  • pick-up: We used pick-up trucks to travel the mountain roads.
  • fork-lift: A fork-lift truck cannot be used by anyone under 18.
  • dumper: The plan is to use the dumper truck to dig a hole for a pond - maybe we should read lake.
  • tow: Top toy wooden tow truck Sites The best of the best sites for toy wooden tow truck on the web.
truck Quotes

I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.

—Lemmon,Jack (John Uhler)

Which is more musical, a truck passing bya factory or a truck passing by a music school?

—Cage,John

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