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Definition of TRUCK

1

a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another <for centuries African slaves were sold in the West Indies in truck for molasses, which was then shipped to New England to be made into rum>

Synonyms back-and-forth, barter, commutation, dicker, quid pro quo, swap, trade, trade-off, truck

Related Words replacement, substitution; reciprocation, recompense, requital; bargain, deal, horse trade, negotiation, transaction; bargaining, dealing, dickering, haggling, horse trading; logrolling

2

discarded or useless material <filled a dozen large garbage bags with all the truck we collected when we cleaned the place out>

Synonyms chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste

Related Words crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash; detritus, remains, rubble, ruins; dump, scrap heap; lumber, odds and ends, trumpery; flotsam, jetsam, wreckage; castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway; nothing, straw, two bits

Near Antonyms catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable; booty, find, salvage