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The definition of a truck is a small block or disk used as support to pull a flag or sail to the top of a pole.

(noun)

An example of a truck is a metal disk at the top of a flag pole that helps when pulling up a flag.

Truck is a motorized vehicle with an open bed used for transporting, or is short for hand truck, which is a cart used for transporting heavy objects.

(noun)

An example of a truck is the vehicle that the character Marty Mcfly drove in the movie Back to the Future.
An example of a truck is what someone would use to move a refrigerator; a hand truck.

Truck is defined as to transport using an open bed vehicle or be a truck driver.

(verb)

An example of to truck is driving a semi cross country for work.

See truck in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Historical a small, solid wheel or roller, esp. one for a gun carriage
a small, wooden block or disk with holes for halyards, esp. one at the top of a flagpole or mast
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.
also called hand truck
any of various low frames or platforms on wheels, sometimes motor-driven, for carrying heavy articles, as in a warehouse
☆ an automotive vehicle for hauling loads along highways, streets, etc.; motor truck
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.
Brit. an open railroad freight car

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

transitive verb

to carry or transport on a truck or trucks

intransitive verb

to do trucking
to drive a truck as one's work

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to exchange; barter
Rare to peddle

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

noun

barter
payment of wages in goods produced instead of money
small commercial articles
small articles of little value
☆ vegetables raised for sale in markets
Informal dealings: have no further truck with them
Informal trash; rubbish

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

See truck in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.
A hand truck.
A wheeled platform, sometimes equipped with a motor, for conveying loads in a warehouse or freight yard.
One of the swiveling frames of wheels under each end of a railroad car or trolley car.
A set of bookshelves mounted on four wheels or casters, used in libraries.
Nautical A small piece of wood placed at the top of a mast or flagpole, usually having holes through which halyards can be passed.
Chiefly British A railroad freight car without a top.

verb trucked, truck·ing, trucks

verb, transitive

To transport by truck.

verb, intransitive

To carry goods by truck.
To drive a truck.
Slang To move or travel in a steady but easy manner.

Origin:

Origin: Short for truckle

Origin: or from Latin trochus, iron hoop (from Greek trokhos, wheel)

verb trucked, truck·ing, trucks

verb, transitive

To exchange; barter.
To peddle.

verb, intransitive

To have dealings or commerce; traffic.

noun

Articles of commerce; trade goods.
Garden produce raised for the market.
Informal Worthless goods; stuff or rubbish: “Look at your hands. And look at your mouth. What is that truck?” (Mark Twain).
Barter; exchange.
Informal Dealings; business: We'll have no further truck with them.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English trukien

Origin: , from Old North French troquer

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