tow truck

noun

: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles

Examples of tow truck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the car — and a tow truck — also pulled into the parking lot. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026

The officer called a tow truck to help open the car doors, but as temperatures continued to climb and the dogs’ condition worsened, the officer decided there was no time to wait. — Kat Filardi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Footage showed a tow truck arriving to take away the ICE vehicle involved in the collision. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Police said the officer allowed the man to retrieve his belongings before the tow truck arrived. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tow truck

• amok
• amuck
• awestruck
• dumbstruck
• potluck
• roebuck
• unstuck
• woodchuck
• chuck
• cluck
• duck
• huck

Kids Definition

tow truck

noun

: a truck equipped to move or haul wrecked or broken-down vehicles